What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55438 and 55451?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55438 and 55451 is 1.

GCF(55438,55451) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55438 and 55451, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55438 and 55451.

How to find the GCF of 55438 and 55451?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55438 and 55451. After we will calculate the factors of 55438 and 55451 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55438

Prime factors of 55438 are 2, 53, 523. Prime factorization of 55438 in exponential form is:

55438 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55451

Prime factors of 55451 are 11, 71. Prime factorization of 55451 in exponential form is:

55451 = 11¹ × 71²

Step-3: Factors of 55438

List of positive integer factors of 55438 that divides 55438 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 523, 1046, 27719

Step-4: Factors of 55451

List of positive integer factors of 55451 that divides 55438 without a remainder.

1, 11, 71, 781, 5041

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55438 and 55451. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55438 and 55451 is 1.

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