What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55505 and 55515?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55505 and 55515 is 5.

GCF(55505,55515) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55505 and 55515, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55505 and 55515.

How to find the GCF of 55505 and 55515?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55505 and 55515. After we will calculate the factors of 55505 and 55515 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55505

Prime factors of 55505 are 5, 17, 653. Prime factorization of 55505 in exponential form is:

55505 = 5¹ × 17¹ × 653¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55515

Prime factors of 55515 are 3, 5, 3701. Prime factorization of 55515 in exponential form is:

55515 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 3701¹

Step-3: Factors of 55505

List of positive integer factors of 55505 that divides 55505 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 85, 653, 3265, 11101

Step-4: Factors of 55515

List of positive integer factors of 55515 that divides 55505 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 3701, 11103, 18505

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55505 and 55515. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55505 and 55515 is 5.

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