What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5520 and 5528?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5520 and 5528 is 8.

GCF(5520,5528) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5520 and 5528, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5520 and 5528.

How to find the GCF of 5520 and 5528?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5520 and 5528. After we will calculate the factors of 5520 and 5528 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5520

Prime factors of 5520 are 2, 3, 5, 23. Prime factorization of 5520 in exponential form is:

5520 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5528

Prime factors of 5528 are 2, 691. Prime factorization of 5528 in exponential form is:

5528 = 2³ × 691¹

Step-3: Factors of 5520

List of positive integer factors of 5520 that divides 5520 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 23, 24, 30, 40, 46, 48, 60, 69, 80, 92, 115, 120, 138, 184, 230, 240, 276, 345, 368, 460, 552, 690, 920, 1104, 1380, 1840, 2760

Step-4: Factors of 5528

List of positive integer factors of 5528 that divides 5520 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 691, 1382, 2764

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5520 and 5528. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5520 and 5528 is 8.

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