What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5543 and 5552?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5543 and 5552 is 1.

GCF(5543,5552) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5543 and 5552, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5543 and 5552.

How to find the GCF of 5543 and 5552?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5543 and 5552. After we will calculate the factors of 5543 and 5552 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 5552

Prime factors of 5552 are 2, 347. Prime factorization of 5552 in exponential form is:

5552 = 2⁴ × 347¹

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 5552

List of positive integer factors of 5552 that divides 5543 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 347, 694, 1388, 2776

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5543 and 5552. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5543 and 5552 is 1.

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