What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55162 and 55178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55162 and 55178 is 2.

GCF(55162,55178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55162 and 55178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55162 and 55178.

How to find the GCF of 55162 and 55178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55162 and 55178. After we will calculate the factors of 55162 and 55178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55162

Prime factors of 55162 are 2, 27581. Prime factorization of 55162 in exponential form is:

55162 = 2¹ × 27581¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55178

Prime factors of 55178 are 2, 47, 587. Prime factorization of 55178 in exponential form is:

55178 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 587¹

Step-3: Factors of 55162

List of positive integer factors of 55162 that divides 55162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27581

Step-4: Factors of 55178

List of positive integer factors of 55178 that divides 55162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 587, 1174, 27589

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55162 and 55178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55162 and 55178 is 2.

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