What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55473 and 55479?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55473 and 55479 is 3.

GCF(55473,55479) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55473 and 55479, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55473 and 55479.

How to find the GCF of 55473 and 55479?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55473 and 55479. After we will calculate the factors of 55473 and 55479 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55473

Prime factors of 55473 are 3, 11, 41. Prime factorization of 55473 in exponential form is:

55473 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 41²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55479

Prime factors of 55479 are 3, 18493. Prime factorization of 55479 in exponential form is:

55479 = 3¹ × 18493¹

Step-3: Factors of 55473

List of positive integer factors of 55473 that divides 55473 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 41, 123, 451, 1353, 1681, 5043, 18491

Step-4: Factors of 55479

List of positive integer factors of 55479 that divides 55473 without a remainder.

1, 3, 18493

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55473 and 55479. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55473 and 55479 is 3.

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