What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5543 and 5548?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5543 and 5548 is 1.

GCF(5543,5548) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5543 and 5548, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5543 and 5548.

How to find the GCF of 5543 and 5548?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5543 and 5548. After we will calculate the factors of 5543 and 5548 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5543

Prime factors of 5543 are 23, 241. Prime factorization of 5543 in exponential form is:

5543 = 23¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5548

Prime factors of 5548 are 2, 19, 73. Prime factorization of 5548 in exponential form is:

5548 = 2² × 19¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 5543

List of positive integer factors of 5543 that divides 5543 without a remainder.

1, 23, 241

Step-4: Factors of 5548

List of positive integer factors of 5548 that divides 5543 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 73, 76, 146, 292, 1387, 2774

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5543 and 5548. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5543 and 5548 is 1.

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