What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55490 and 55496?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55490 and 55496 is 2.

GCF(55490,55496) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55490 and 55496, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55490 and 55496.

How to find the GCF of 55490 and 55496?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55490 and 55496. After we will calculate the factors of 55490 and 55496 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55490

Prime factors of 55490 are 2, 5, 31, 179. Prime factorization of 55490 in exponential form is:

55490 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 31¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55496

Prime factors of 55496 are 2, 7, 991. Prime factorization of 55496 in exponential form is:

55496 = 2³ × 7¹ × 991¹

Step-3: Factors of 55490

List of positive integer factors of 55490 that divides 55490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 31, 62, 155, 179, 310, 358, 895, 1790, 5549, 11098, 27745

Step-4: Factors of 55496

List of positive integer factors of 55496 that divides 55490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 991, 1982, 3964, 6937, 7928, 13874, 27748

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55490 and 55496. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55490 and 55496 is 2.

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