What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55237 and 55253?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55237 and 55253 is 1.

GCF(55237,55253) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55237 and 55253, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55237 and 55253.

How to find the GCF of 55237 and 55253?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55237 and 55253. After we will calculate the factors of 55237 and 55253 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55237

Prime factors of 55237 are 7, 13, 607. Prime factorization of 55237 in exponential form is:

55237 = 7¹ × 13¹ × 607¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55253

Prime factors of 55253 are 11, 5023. Prime factorization of 55253 in exponential form is:

55253 = 11¹ × 5023¹

Step-3: Factors of 55237

List of positive integer factors of 55237 that divides 55237 without a remainder.

1, 7, 13, 91, 607, 4249, 7891

Step-4: Factors of 55253

List of positive integer factors of 55253 that divides 55237 without a remainder.

1, 11, 5023

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55237 and 55253. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55237 and 55253 is 1.

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