What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55118 and 55134?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55118 and 55134 is 2.

GCF(55118,55134) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55118 and 55134, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55118 and 55134.

How to find the GCF of 55118 and 55134?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55118 and 55134. After we will calculate the factors of 55118 and 55134 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55118

Prime factors of 55118 are 2, 7, 31, 127. Prime factorization of 55118 in exponential form is:

55118 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 31¹ × 127¹

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 55118

List of positive integer factors of 55118 that divides 55118 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 31, 62, 127, 217, 254, 434, 889, 1778, 3937, 7874, 27559

Step-4: Factors of 55134

List of positive integer factors of 55134 that divides 55118 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 55118 and 55134. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55118 and 55134 is 2.

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