What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55336 and 55343?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55336 and 55343 is 1.

GCF(55336,55343) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55336 and 55343, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55336 and 55343.

How to find the GCF of 55336 and 55343?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55336 and 55343. After we will calculate the factors of 55336 and 55343 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 55343

Prime factors of 55343 are 55343. Prime factorization of 55343 in exponential form is:

55343 = 55343¹

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 55343

List of positive integer factors of 55343 that divides 55336 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55336 and 55343. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55336 and 55343 is 1.

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