What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5534 and 5550?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5534 and 5550 is 2.

GCF(5534,5550) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5534 and 5550, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5534 and 5550.

How to find the GCF of 5534 and 5550?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5534 and 5550. After we will calculate the factors of 5534 and 5550 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5534

Prime factors of 5534 are 2, 2767. Prime factorization of 5534 in exponential form is:

5534 = 2¹ × 2767¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5550

Prime factors of 5550 are 2, 3, 5, 37. Prime factorization of 5550 in exponential form is:

5550 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5² × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 5534

List of positive integer factors of 5534 that divides 5534 without a remainder.

1, 2, 2767

Step-4: Factors of 5550

List of positive integer factors of 5550 that divides 5534 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 30, 37, 50, 74, 75, 111, 150, 185, 222, 370, 555, 925, 1110, 1850, 2775

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5534 and 5550. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5534 and 5550 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5534 and 5550