What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55248 and 55268?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55248 and 55268 is 4.

GCF(55248,55268) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55248 and 55268, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55248 and 55268.

How to find the GCF of 55248 and 55268?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55248 and 55268. After we will calculate the factors of 55248 and 55268 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55248

Prime factors of 55248 are 2, 3, 1151. Prime factorization of 55248 in exponential form is:

55248 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 1151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55268

Prime factors of 55268 are 2, 41, 337. Prime factorization of 55268 in exponential form is:

55268 = 2² × 41¹ × 337¹

Step-3: Factors of 55248

List of positive integer factors of 55248 that divides 55248 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 1151, 2302, 3453, 4604, 6906, 9208, 13812, 18416, 27624

Step-4: Factors of 55268

List of positive integer factors of 55268 that divides 55248 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 41, 82, 164, 337, 674, 1348, 13817, 27634

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55248 and 55268. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55248 and 55268 is 4.

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