What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55459 and 55472?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55459 and 55472 is 1.

GCF(55459,55472) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55459 and 55472, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55459 and 55472.

How to find the GCF of 55459 and 55472?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55459 and 55472. After we will calculate the factors of 55459 and 55472 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55459

Prime factors of 55459 are 31, 1789. Prime factorization of 55459 in exponential form is:

55459 = 31¹ × 1789¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55472

Prime factors of 55472 are 2, 3467. Prime factorization of 55472 in exponential form is:

55472 = 2⁴ × 3467¹

Step-3: Factors of 55459

List of positive integer factors of 55459 that divides 55459 without a remainder.

1, 31, 1789

Step-4: Factors of 55472

List of positive integer factors of 55472 that divides 55459 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3467, 6934, 13868, 27736

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55459 and 55472. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55459 and 55472 is 1.

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