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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55494 and 55508?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55494 and 55508 is 2.

GCF(55494,55508) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55494 and 55508, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55494 and 55508.

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How to find the GCF of 55494 and 55508?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55494 and 55508. After we will calculate the factors of 55494 and 55508 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55494

Prime factors of 55494 are 2, 3, 3083. Prime factorization of 55494 in exponential form is:

55494 = 21 × 32 × 30831

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55508

Prime factors of 55508 are 2, 13877. Prime factorization of 55508 in exponential form is:

55508 = 22 × 138771

Step-3: Factors of 55494

List of positive integer factors of 55494 that divides 55494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 3083, 6166, 9249, 18498, 27747

Step-4: Factors of 55508

List of positive integer factors of 55508 that divides 55494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13877, 27754

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55494 and 55508. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55494 and 55508 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55494 and 55508