What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55116 and 55134?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55116 and 55134 is 18.

GCF(55116,55134) = 18

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55116 and 55134, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55116 and 55134.

How to find the GCF of 55116 and 55134?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55116 and 55134. After we will calculate the factors of 55116 and 55134 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55116

Prime factors of 55116 are 2, 3, 1531. Prime factorization of 55116 in exponential form is:

55116 = 2² × 3² × 1531¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55134

Prime factors of 55134 are 2, 3, 1021. Prime factorization of 55134 in exponential form is:

55134 = 2¹ × 3³ × 1021¹

Step-3: Factors of 55116

List of positive integer factors of 55116 that divides 55116 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1531, 3062, 4593, 6124, 9186, 13779, 18372, 27558

Step-4: Factors of 55134

List of positive integer factors of 55134 that divides 55116 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 1021, 2042, 3063, 6126, 9189, 18378, 27567

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55116 and 55134. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55116 and 55134 is 18.

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