What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55265 and 55285?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55265 and 55285 is 5.

GCF(55265,55285) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55265 and 55285, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55265 and 55285.

How to find the GCF of 55265 and 55285?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55265 and 55285. After we will calculate the factors of 55265 and 55285 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55265

Prime factors of 55265 are 5, 7, 1579. Prime factorization of 55265 in exponential form is:

55265 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 1579¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55285

Prime factors of 55285 are 5, 11057. Prime factorization of 55285 in exponential form is:

55285 = 5¹ × 11057¹

Step-3: Factors of 55265

List of positive integer factors of 55265 that divides 55265 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 1579, 7895, 11053

Step-4: Factors of 55285

List of positive integer factors of 55285 that divides 55265 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11057

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55265 and 55285. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55265 and 55285 is 5.

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