What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55285 and 55300?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55285 and 55300 is 5.

GCF(55285,55300) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55285 and 55300, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55285 and 55300.

How to find the GCF of 55285 and 55300?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55285 and 55300. After we will calculate the factors of 55285 and 55300 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55285

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

55285 = 5¹ × 11057¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55300

Prime factors of 55300 are 2, 5, 7, 79. Prime factorization of 55300 in exponential form is:

55300 = 2² × 5² × 7¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 55285

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

1, 5, 11057

Step-4: Factors of 55300

List of positive integer factors of 55300 that divides 55285 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 25, 28, 35, 50, 70, 79, 100, 140, 158, 175, 316, 350, 395, 553, 700, 790, 1106, 1580, 1975, 2212, 2765, 3950, 5530, 7900, 11060, 13825, 27650

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55285 and 55300. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55285 and 55300 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55285 and 55300