What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55278 and 55290?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55278 and 55290 is 6.

GCF(55278,55290) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55278 and 55290, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55278 and 55290.

How to find the GCF of 55278 and 55290?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55278 and 55290. After we will calculate the factors of 55278 and 55290 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55278

Prime factors of 55278 are 2, 3, 37, 83. Prime factorization of 55278 in exponential form is:

55278 = 2¹ × 3² × 37¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55290

Prime factors of 55290 are 2, 3, 5, 19, 97. Prime factorization of 55290 in exponential form is:

55290 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 19¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 55278

List of positive integer factors of 55278 that divides 55278 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 37, 74, 83, 111, 166, 222, 249, 333, 498, 666, 747, 1494, 3071, 6142, 9213, 18426, 27639

Step-4: Factors of 55290

List of positive integer factors of 55290 that divides 55278 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 19, 30, 38, 57, 95, 97, 114, 190, 194, 285, 291, 485, 570, 582, 970, 1455, 1843, 2910, 3686, 5529, 9215, 11058, 18430, 27645

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55278 and 55290. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55278 and 55290 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55278 and 55290