What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5535 and 5544?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5535 and 5544 is 9.

GCF(5535,5544) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5535 and 5544, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5535 and 5544.

How to find the GCF of 5535 and 5544?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5535 and 5544. After we will calculate the factors of 5535 and 5544 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5535

Prime factors of 5535 are 3, 5, 41. Prime factorization of 5535 in exponential form is:

5535 = 3³ × 5¹ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5544

Prime factors of 5544 are 2, 3, 7, 11. Prime factorization of 5544 in exponential form is:

5544 = 2³ × 3² × 7¹ × 11¹

Step-3: Factors of 5535

List of positive integer factors of 5535 that divides 5535 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 27, 41, 45, 123, 135, 205, 369, 615, 1107, 1845

Step-4: Factors of 5544

List of positive integer factors of 5544 that divides 5535 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18, 21, 22, 24, 28, 33, 36, 42, 44, 56, 63, 66, 72, 77, 84, 88, 99, 126, 132, 154, 168, 198, 231, 252, 264, 308, 396, 462, 504, 616, 693, 792, 924, 1386, 1848, 2772

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5535 and 5544. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5535 and 5544 is 9.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5535 and 5544