What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55352 and 55372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55352 and 55372 is 4.

GCF(55352,55372) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55352 and 55372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55352 and 55372.

How to find the GCF of 55352 and 55372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55352 and 55372. After we will calculate the factors of 55352 and 55372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 55372

Prime factors of 55372 are 2, 109, 127. Prime factorization of 55372 in exponential form is:

55372 = 2² × 109¹ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 55352

List of positive integer factors of 55352 that divides 55352 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

Step-4: Factors of 55372

List of positive integer factors of 55372 that divides 55352 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 109, 127, 218, 254, 436, 508, 13843, 27686

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55352 and 55372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55352 and 55372 is 4.

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