What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55521 and 55529?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55521 and 55529 is 1.

GCF(55521,55529) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55521 and 55529, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55521 and 55529.

How to find the GCF of 55521 and 55529?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55521 and 55529. After we will calculate the factors of 55521 and 55529 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55521

Prime factors of 55521 are 3, 31, 199. Prime factorization of 55521 in exponential form is:

55521 = 3² × 31¹ × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55529

Prime factors of 55529 are 55529. Prime factorization of 55529 in exponential form is:

55529 = 55529¹

Step-3: Factors of 55521

List of positive integer factors of 55521 that divides 55521 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 31, 93, 199, 279, 597, 1791, 6169, 18507

Step-4: Factors of 55529

List of positive integer factors of 55529 that divides 55521 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55521 and 55529. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55521 and 55529 is 1.

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