What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55426 and 55437?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55426 and 55437 is 1.

GCF(55426,55437) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55426 and 55437, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55426 and 55437.

How to find the GCF of 55426 and 55437?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55426 and 55437. After we will calculate the factors of 55426 and 55437 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55426

Prime factors of 55426 are 2, 7, 37, 107. Prime factorization of 55426 in exponential form is:

55426 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 37¹ × 107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55437

Prime factors of 55437 are 3, 17, 1087. Prime factorization of 55437 in exponential form is:

55437 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 1087¹

Step-3: Factors of 55426

List of positive integer factors of 55426 that divides 55426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 37, 74, 107, 214, 259, 518, 749, 1498, 3959, 7918, 27713

Step-4: Factors of 55437

List of positive integer factors of 55437 that divides 55426 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 1087, 3261, 18479

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55426 and 55437. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55426 and 55437 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55426 and 55437