What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55372 and 55378?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55372 and 55378 is 2.

GCF(55372,55378) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55372 and 55378, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55372 and 55378.

How to find the GCF of 55372 and 55378?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55372 and 55378. After we will calculate the factors of 55372 and 55378 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 55378

Prime factors of 55378 are 2, 27689. Prime factorization of 55378 in exponential form is:

55378 = 2¹ × 27689¹

Step-3: Factors of 55372

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 55378

List of positive integer factors of 55378 that divides 55372 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27689

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55372 and 55378. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55372 and 55378 is 2.

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