What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55360 and 55365?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55360 and 55365 is 5.

GCF(55360,55365) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55360 and 55365, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55360 and 55365.

How to find the GCF of 55360 and 55365?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55360 and 55365. After we will calculate the factors of 55360 and 55365 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55360

Prime factors of 55360 are 2, 5, 173. Prime factorization of 55360 in exponential form is:

55360 = 2⁶ × 5¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55365

Prime factors of 55365 are 3, 5, 3691. Prime factorization of 55365 in exponential form is:

55365 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 3691¹

Step-3: Factors of 55360

List of positive integer factors of 55360 that divides 55360 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 64, 80, 160, 173, 320, 346, 692, 865, 1384, 1730, 2768, 3460, 5536, 6920, 11072, 13840, 27680

Step-4: Factors of 55365

List of positive integer factors of 55365 that divides 55360 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 3691, 11073, 18455

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55360 and 55365. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55360 and 55365 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55360 and 55365