What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55336 and 55342?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55336 and 55342 is 2.

GCF(55336,55342) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55336 and 55342, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55336 and 55342.

How to find the GCF of 55336 and 55342?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55336 and 55342. After we will calculate the factors of 55336 and 55342 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55336

Prime factors of 55336 are 2, 6917. Prime factorization of 55336 in exponential form is:

55336 = 2³ × 6917¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55342

Prime factors of 55342 are 2, 7, 59, 67. Prime factorization of 55342 in exponential form is:

55342 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 59¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 55336

List of positive integer factors of 55336 that divides 55336 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6917, 13834, 27668

Step-4: Factors of 55342

List of positive integer factors of 55342 that divides 55336 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 59, 67, 118, 134, 413, 469, 826, 938, 3953, 7906, 27671

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55336 and 55342. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55336 and 55342 is 2.

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