What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55372 and 55382?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55372 and 55382 is 2.

GCF(55372,55382) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55372 and 55382, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55372 and 55382.

How to find the GCF of 55372 and 55382?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55372 and 55382. After we will calculate the factors of 55372 and 55382 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 55382

Prime factors of 55382 are 2, 27691. Prime factorization of 55382 in exponential form is:

55382 = 2¹ × 27691¹

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 55382

List of positive integer factors of 55382 that divides 55372 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27691

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55372 and 55382. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55372 and 55382 is 2.

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