What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5522 and 5532?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5522 and 5532 is 2.

GCF(5522,5532) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5522 and 5532, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5522 and 5532.

How to find the GCF of 5522 and 5532?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5522 and 5532. After we will calculate the factors of 5522 and 5532 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5522

Prime factors of 5522 are 2, 11, 251. Prime factorization of 5522 in exponential form is:

5522 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5532

Prime factors of 5532 are 2, 3, 461. Prime factorization of 5532 in exponential form is:

5532 = 2² × 3¹ × 461¹

Step-3: Factors of 5522

List of positive integer factors of 5522 that divides 5522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 251, 502, 2761

Step-4: Factors of 5532

List of positive integer factors of 5532 that divides 5522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 461, 922, 1383, 1844, 2766

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5522 and 5532. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5522 and 5532 is 2.

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