What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55235 and 55245?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55235 and 55245 is 5.

GCF(55235,55245) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55235 and 55245, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55235 and 55245.

How to find the GCF of 55235 and 55245?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55235 and 55245. After we will calculate the factors of 55235 and 55245 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55235

Prime factors of 55235 are 5, 11047. Prime factorization of 55235 in exponential form is:

55235 = 5¹ × 11047¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55245

Prime factors of 55245 are 3, 5, 29, 127. Prime factorization of 55245 in exponential form is:

55245 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 29¹ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 55235

List of positive integer factors of 55235 that divides 55235 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11047

Step-4: Factors of 55245

List of positive integer factors of 55245 that divides 55235 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 29, 87, 127, 145, 381, 435, 635, 1905, 3683, 11049, 18415

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55235 and 55245. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55235 and 55245 is 5.

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