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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55437 and 55442?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55437 and 55442 is 1.

GCF(55437,55442) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55437 and 55442, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55437 and 55442.

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How to find the GCF of 55437 and 55442?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55437 and 55442. After we will calculate the factors of 55437 and 55442 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 55442

Prime factors of 55442 are 2, 19, 1459. Prime factorization of 55442 in exponential form is:

55442 = 21 × 191 × 14591

Step-3: Factors of 55437

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 55442

List of positive integer factors of 55442 that divides 55437 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 1459, 2918, 27721

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55437 and 55442. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55437 and 55442 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55437 and 55442