What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55142 and 55152?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55142 and 55152 is 2.

GCF(55142,55152) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55142 and 55152, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55142 and 55152.

How to find the GCF of 55142 and 55152?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55142 and 55152. After we will calculate the factors of 55142 and 55152 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55142

Prime factors of 55142 are 2, 79, 349. Prime factorization of 55142 in exponential form is:

55142 = 2¹ × 79¹ × 349¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55152

Prime factors of 55152 are 2, 3, 383. Prime factorization of 55152 in exponential form is:

55152 = 2⁴ × 3² × 383¹

Step-3: Factors of 55142

List of positive integer factors of 55142 that divides 55142 without a remainder.

1, 2, 79, 158, 349, 698, 27571

Step-4: Factors of 55152

List of positive integer factors of 55152 that divides 55142 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 36, 48, 72, 144, 383, 766, 1149, 1532, 2298, 3064, 3447, 4596, 6128, 6894, 9192, 13788, 18384, 27576

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55142 and 55152. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55142 and 55152 is 2.

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