What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55342 and 55352?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55342 and 55352 is 2.

GCF(55342,55352) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55342 and 55352, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55342 and 55352.

How to find the GCF of 55342 and 55352?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55342 and 55352. After we will calculate the factors of 55342 and 55352 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 55352

Prime factors of 55352 are 2, 11, 17, 37. Prime factorization of 55352 in exponential form is:

55352 = 2³ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 55342

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 55352

List of positive integer factors of 55352 that divides 55342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 17, 22, 34, 37, 44, 68, 74, 88, 136, 148, 187, 296, 374, 407, 629, 748, 814, 1258, 1496, 1628, 2516, 3256, 5032, 6919, 13838, 27676

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55342 and 55352. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55342 and 55352 is 2.

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