What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55299 and 55318?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55299 and 55318 is 1.

GCF(55299,55318) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55299 and 55318, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55299 and 55318.

How to find the GCF of 55299 and 55318?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55299 and 55318. After we will calculate the factors of 55299 and 55318 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 55318

Prime factors of 55318 are 2, 17, 1627. Prime factorization of 55318 in exponential form is:

55318 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1627¹

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 55318

List of positive integer factors of 55318 that divides 55299 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1627, 3254, 27659

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55299 and 55318. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55299 and 55318 is 1.

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