What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55298 and 55310?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55298 and 55310 is 2.

GCF(55298,55310) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55298 and 55310, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55298 and 55310.

How to find the GCF of 55298 and 55310?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55298 and 55310. After we will calculate the factors of 55298 and 55310 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55298

Prime factors of 55298 are 2, 43, 643. Prime factorization of 55298 in exponential form is:

55298 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 643¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55310

Prime factors of 55310 are 2, 5, 5531. Prime factorization of 55310 in exponential form is:

55310 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 5531¹

Step-3: Factors of 55298

List of positive integer factors of 55298 that divides 55298 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 643, 1286, 27649

Step-4: Factors of 55310

List of positive integer factors of 55310 that divides 55298 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 5531, 11062, 27655

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55298 and 55310. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55298 and 55310 is 2.

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