What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55262 and 55268?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55262 and 55268 is 2.

GCF(55262,55268) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55262 and 55268, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55262 and 55268.

How to find the GCF of 55262 and 55268?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55262 and 55268. After we will calculate the factors of 55262 and 55268 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55262

Prime factors of 55262 are 2, 27631. Prime factorization of 55262 in exponential form is:

55262 = 2¹ × 27631¹

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 55262

List of positive integer factors of 55262 that divides 55262 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27631

Step-4: Factors of 55268

List of positive integer factors of 55268 that divides 55262 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 55262 and 55268. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55262 and 55268 is 2.

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