What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55412 and 55424?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55412 and 55424 is 4.

GCF(55412,55424) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55412 and 55424, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55412 and 55424.

How to find the GCF of 55412 and 55424?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55412 and 55424. After we will calculate the factors of 55412 and 55424 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 55424

Prime factors of 55424 are 2, 433. Prime factorization of 55424 in exponential form is:

55424 = 2⁷ × 433¹

Step-3: Factors of 55412

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 55424

List of positive integer factors of 55424 that divides 55412 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 433, 866, 1732, 3464, 6928, 13856, 27712

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55412 and 55424. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55412 and 55424 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55412 and 55424