What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55396 and 55401?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55396 and 55401 is 1.

GCF(55396,55401) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55396 and 55401, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55396 and 55401.

How to find the GCF of 55396 and 55401?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55396 and 55401. After we will calculate the factors of 55396 and 55401 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55396

Prime factors of 55396 are 2, 11, 1259. Prime factorization of 55396 in exponential form is:

55396 = 2² × 11¹ × 1259¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55401

Prime factors of 55401 are 3, 59, 313. Prime factorization of 55401 in exponential form is:

55401 = 3¹ × 59¹ × 313¹

Step-3: Factors of 55396

List of positive integer factors of 55396 that divides 55396 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 1259, 2518, 5036, 13849, 27698

Step-4: Factors of 55401

List of positive integer factors of 55401 that divides 55396 without a remainder.

1, 3, 59, 177, 313, 939, 18467

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55396 and 55401. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55396 and 55401 is 1.

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