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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55451 and 55462?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55451 and 55462 is 11.

GCF(55451,55462) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55451 and 55462, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55451 and 55462.

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How to find the GCF of 55451 and 55462?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55451 and 55462. After we will calculate the factors of 55451 and 55462 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55451

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

55451 = 111 × 712

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55462

Prime factors of 55462 are 2, 11, 2521. Prime factorization of 55462 in exponential form is:

55462 = 21 × 111 × 25211

Step-3: Factors of 55451

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

1, 11, 71, 781, 5041

Step-4: Factors of 55462

List of positive integer factors of 55462 that divides 55451 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2521, 5042, 27731

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55451 and 55462. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55451 and 55462 is 11.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55451 and 55462