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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55362 and 55371?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55362 and 55371 is 3.

GCF(55362,55371) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55362 and 55371, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55362 and 55371.

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How to find the GCF of 55362 and 55371?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55362 and 55371. After we will calculate the factors of 55362 and 55371 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 55371

Prime factors of 55371 are 3, 18457. Prime factorization of 55371 in exponential form is:

55371 = 31 × 184571

Step-3: Factors of 55362

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 55371

List of positive integer factors of 55371 that divides 55362 without a remainder.

1, 3, 18457

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55362 and 55371. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55362 and 55371 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55362 and 55371