What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5525 and 5543?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5525 and 5543 is 1.

GCF(5525,5543) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5525 and 5543, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5525 and 5543.

How to find the GCF of 5525 and 5543?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5525 and 5543. After we will calculate the factors of 5525 and 5543 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5525

Prime factors of 5525 are 5, 13, 17. Prime factorization of 5525 in exponential form is:

5525 = 5² × 13¹ × 17¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5543

Prime factors of 5543 are 23, 241. Prime factorization of 5543 in exponential form is:

5543 = 23¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 5525

List of positive integer factors of 5525 that divides 5525 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 17, 25, 65, 85, 221, 325, 425, 1105

Step-4: Factors of 5543

List of positive integer factors of 5543 that divides 5525 without a remainder.

1, 23, 241

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5525 and 5543. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5525 and 5543 is 1.

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