What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55354 and 55362?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55354 and 55362 is 2.

GCF(55354,55362) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55354 and 55362, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55354 and 55362.

How to find the GCF of 55354 and 55362?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55354 and 55362. After we will calculate the factors of 55354 and 55362 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55354

Prime factors of 55354 are 2, 13, 2129. Prime factorization of 55354 in exponential form is:

55354 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 2129¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55362

Prime factors of 55362 are 2, 3, 9227. Prime factorization of 55362 in exponential form is:

55362 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 9227¹

Step-3: Factors of 55354

List of positive integer factors of 55354 that divides 55354 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 2129, 4258, 27677

Step-4: Factors of 55362

List of positive integer factors of 55362 that divides 55354 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9227, 18454, 27681

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55354 and 55362. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55354 and 55362 is 2.

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