What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5549 and 5568?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5549 and 5568 is 1.

GCF(5549,5568) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5549 and 5568, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5549 and 5568.

How to find the GCF of 5549 and 5568?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5549 and 5568. After we will calculate the factors of 5549 and 5568 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5549

Prime factors of 5549 are 31, 179. Prime factorization of 5549 in exponential form is:

5549 = 31¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5568

Prime factors of 5568 are 2, 3, 29. Prime factorization of 5568 in exponential form is:

5568 = 2⁶ × 3¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 5549

List of positive integer factors of 5549 that divides 5549 without a remainder.

1, 31, 179

Step-4: Factors of 5568

List of positive integer factors of 5568 that divides 5549 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 29, 32, 48, 58, 64, 87, 96, 116, 174, 192, 232, 348, 464, 696, 928, 1392, 1856, 2784

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5549 and 5568. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5549 and 5568 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5549 and 5568