What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55479 and 55498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55479 and 55498 is 1.

GCF(55479,55498) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55479 and 55498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55479 and 55498.

How to find the GCF of 55479 and 55498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55479 and 55498. After we will calculate the factors of 55479 and 55498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55479

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

55479 = 3¹ × 18493¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55498

Prime factors of 55498 are 2, 27749. Prime factorization of 55498 in exponential form is:

55498 = 2¹ × 27749¹

Step-3: Factors of 55479

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

1, 3, 18493

Step-4: Factors of 55498

List of positive integer factors of 55498 that divides 55479 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27749

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55479 and 55498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55479 and 55498 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55479 and 55498