What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55471 and 55486?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55471 and 55486 is 1.

GCF(55471,55486) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55471 and 55486, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55471 and 55486.

How to find the GCF of 55471 and 55486?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55471 and 55486. After we will calculate the factors of 55471 and 55486 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55471

Prime factors of 55471 are 13, 17, 251. Prime factorization of 55471 in exponential form is:

55471 = 13¹ × 17¹ × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55486

Prime factors of 55486 are 2, 27743. Prime factorization of 55486 in exponential form is:

55486 = 2¹ × 27743¹

Step-3: Factors of 55471

List of positive integer factors of 55471 that divides 55471 without a remainder.

1, 13, 17, 221, 251, 3263, 4267

Step-4: Factors of 55486

List of positive integer factors of 55486 that divides 55471 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27743

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55471 and 55486. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55471 and 55486 is 1.

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