What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55301 and 55309?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55301 and 55309 is 1.

GCF(55301,55309) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55301 and 55309, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55301 and 55309.

How to find the GCF of 55301 and 55309?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55301 and 55309. After we will calculate the factors of 55301 and 55309 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55301

Prime factors of 55301 are 17, 3253. Prime factorization of 55301 in exponential form is:

55301 = 17¹ × 3253¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55309

Prime factors of 55309 are 19, 41, 71. Prime factorization of 55309 in exponential form is:

55309 = 19¹ × 41¹ × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 55301

List of positive integer factors of 55301 that divides 55301 without a remainder.

1, 17, 3253

Step-4: Factors of 55309

List of positive integer factors of 55309 that divides 55301 without a remainder.

1, 19, 41, 71, 779, 1349, 2911

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55301 and 55309. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55301 and 55309 is 1.

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