What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55355 and 55372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55355 and 55372 is 1.

GCF(55355,55372) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55355 and 55372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55355 and 55372.

How to find the GCF of 55355 and 55372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55355 and 55372. After we will calculate the factors of 55355 and 55372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55355

Prime factors of 55355 are 5, 11071. Prime factorization of 55355 in exponential form is:

55355 = 5¹ × 11071¹

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 55355

List of positive integer factors of 55355 that divides 55355 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11071

Step-4: Factors of 55372

List of positive integer factors of 55372 that divides 55355 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 55355 and 55372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55355 and 55372 is 1.

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