What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55401 and 55418?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55401 and 55418 is 1.

GCF(55401,55418) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55401 and 55418, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55401 and 55418.

How to find the GCF of 55401 and 55418?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55401 and 55418. After we will calculate the factors of 55401 and 55418 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 55418

Prime factors of 55418 are 2, 11, 229. Prime factorization of 55418 in exponential form is:

55418 = 2¹ × 11² × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 55401

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 55418

List of positive integer factors of 55418 that divides 55401 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 121, 229, 242, 458, 2519, 5038, 27709

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55401 and 55418. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55401 and 55418 is 1.

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