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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55550 and 55556?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55550 and 55556 is 2.

GCF(55550,55556) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55550 and 55556, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55550 and 55556.

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How to find the GCF of 55550 and 55556?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55550 and 55556. After we will calculate the factors of 55550 and 55556 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55550

Prime factors of 55550 are 2, 5, 11, 101. Prime factorization of 55550 in exponential form is:

55550 = 21 × 52 × 111 × 1011

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55556

Prime factors of 55556 are 2, 17, 19, 43. Prime factorization of 55556 in exponential form is:

55556 = 22 × 171 × 191 × 431

Step-3: Factors of 55550

List of positive integer factors of 55550 that divides 55550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 25, 50, 55, 101, 110, 202, 275, 505, 550, 1010, 1111, 2222, 2525, 5050, 5555, 11110, 27775

Step-4: Factors of 55556

List of positive integer factors of 55556 that divides 55550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 19, 34, 38, 43, 68, 76, 86, 172, 323, 646, 731, 817, 1292, 1462, 1634, 2924, 3268, 13889, 27778

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55550 and 55556. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55550 and 55556 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55550 and 55556