What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55174 and 55179?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55174 and 55179 is 1.

GCF(55174,55179) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55174 and 55179, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55174 and 55179.

How to find the GCF of 55174 and 55179?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55174 and 55179. After we will calculate the factors of 55174 and 55179 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55174

Prime factors of 55174 are 2, 7, 563. Prime factorization of 55174 in exponential form is:

55174 = 2¹ × 7² × 563¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55179

Prime factors of 55179 are 3, 6131. Prime factorization of 55179 in exponential form is:

55179 = 3² × 6131¹

Step-3: Factors of 55174

List of positive integer factors of 55174 that divides 55174 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 563, 1126, 3941, 7882, 27587

Step-4: Factors of 55179

List of positive integer factors of 55179 that divides 55174 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 6131, 18393

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55174 and 55179. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55174 and 55179 is 1.

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