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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55242 and 55259?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55242 and 55259 is 1.

GCF(55242,55259) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55242 and 55259, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55242 and 55259.

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How to find the GCF of 55242 and 55259?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55242 and 55259. After we will calculate the factors of 55242 and 55259 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55242

Prime factors of 55242 are 2, 3, 11, 31. Prime factorization of 55242 in exponential form is:

55242 = 21 × 34 × 111 × 311

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55259

Prime factors of 55259 are 55259. Prime factorization of 55259 in exponential form is:

55259 = 552591

Step-3: Factors of 55242

List of positive integer factors of 55242 that divides 55242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 22, 27, 31, 33, 54, 62, 66, 81, 93, 99, 162, 186, 198, 279, 297, 341, 558, 594, 682, 837, 891, 1023, 1674, 1782, 2046, 2511, 3069, 5022, 6138, 9207, 18414, 27621

Step-4: Factors of 55259

List of positive integer factors of 55259 that divides 55242 without a remainder.

1

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55242 and 55259. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55242 and 55259 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55242 and 55259