What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55299 and 55312?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55299 and 55312 is 1.

GCF(55299,55312) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55299 and 55312, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55299 and 55312.

How to find the GCF of 55299 and 55312?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55299 and 55312. After we will calculate the factors of 55299 and 55312 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55299

Prime factors of 55299 are 3, 18433. Prime factorization of 55299 in exponential form is:

55299 = 3¹ × 18433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55312

Prime factors of 55312 are 2, 3457. Prime factorization of 55312 in exponential form is:

55312 = 2⁴ × 3457¹

Step-3: Factors of 55299

List of positive integer factors of 55299 that divides 55299 without a remainder.

1, 3, 18433

Step-4: Factors of 55312

List of positive integer factors of 55312 that divides 55299 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3457, 6914, 13828, 27656

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55299 and 55312. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55299 and 55312 is 1.

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