What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55472 and 55478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55472 and 55478 is 2.

GCF(55472,55478) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55472 and 55478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55472 and 55478.

How to find the GCF of 55472 and 55478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55472 and 55478. After we will calculate the factors of 55472 and 55478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55472

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

55472 = 2⁴ × 3467¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55478

Prime factors of 55478 are 2, 27739. Prime factorization of 55478 in exponential form is:

55478 = 2¹ × 27739¹

Step-3: Factors of 55472

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 55478

List of positive integer factors of 55478 that divides 55472 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27739

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55472 and 55478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55472 and 55478 is 2.

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