What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55400 and 55412?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55400 and 55412 is 4.

GCF(55400,55412) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55400 and 55412, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55400 and 55412.

How to find the GCF of 55400 and 55412?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55400 and 55412. After we will calculate the factors of 55400 and 55412 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55400

Prime factors of 55400 are 2, 5, 277. Prime factorization of 55400 in exponential form is:

55400 = 2³ × 5² × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55412

Prime factors of 55412 are 2, 7, 1979. Prime factorization of 55412 in exponential form is:

55412 = 2² × 7¹ × 1979¹

Step-3: Factors of 55400

List of positive integer factors of 55400 that divides 55400 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50, 100, 200, 277, 554, 1108, 1385, 2216, 2770, 5540, 6925, 11080, 13850, 27700

Step-4: Factors of 55412

List of positive integer factors of 55412 that divides 55400 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1979, 3958, 7916, 13853, 27706

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55400 and 55412. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55400 and 55412 is 4.

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