What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55406 and 55421?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55406 and 55421 is 1.

GCF(55406,55421) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55406 and 55421, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55406 and 55421.

How to find the GCF of 55406 and 55421?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55406 and 55421. After we will calculate the factors of 55406 and 55421 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55406

Prime factors of 55406 are 2, 13, 2131. Prime factorization of 55406 in exponential form is:

55406 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 2131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55421

Prime factors of 55421 are 157, 353. Prime factorization of 55421 in exponential form is:

55421 = 157¹ × 353¹

Step-3: Factors of 55406

List of positive integer factors of 55406 that divides 55406 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 2131, 4262, 27703

Step-4: Factors of 55421

List of positive integer factors of 55421 that divides 55406 without a remainder.

1, 157, 353

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55406 and 55421. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55406 and 55421 is 1.

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