What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55486 and 55497?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55486 and 55497 is 1.

GCF(55486,55497) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55486 and 55497, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55486 and 55497.

How to find the GCF of 55486 and 55497?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55486 and 55497. After we will calculate the factors of 55486 and 55497 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55486

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

55486 = 2¹ × 27743¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55497

Prime factors of 55497 are 3, 13, 1423. Prime factorization of 55497 in exponential form is:

55497 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 1423¹

Step-3: Factors of 55486

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

1, 2, 27743

Step-4: Factors of 55497

List of positive integer factors of 55497 that divides 55486 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 1423, 4269, 18499

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55486 and 55497. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55486 and 55497 is 1.

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