What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55114 and 55124?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55114 and 55124 is 2.

GCF(55114,55124) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55114 and 55124, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55114 and 55124.

How to find the GCF of 55114 and 55124?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55114 and 55124. After we will calculate the factors of 55114 and 55124 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55114

Prime factors of 55114 are 2, 17, 1621. Prime factorization of 55114 in exponential form is:

55114 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1621¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55124

Prime factors of 55124 are 2, 13781. Prime factorization of 55124 in exponential form is:

55124 = 2² × 13781¹

Step-3: Factors of 55114

List of positive integer factors of 55114 that divides 55114 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1621, 3242, 27557

Step-4: Factors of 55124

List of positive integer factors of 55124 that divides 55114 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13781, 27562

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55114 and 55124. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55114 and 55124 is 2.

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