What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55554 and 55560?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55554 and 55560 is 6.

GCF(55554,55560) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55554 and 55560, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55554 and 55560.

How to find the GCF of 55554 and 55560?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55554 and 55560. After we will calculate the factors of 55554 and 55560 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55554

Prime factors of 55554 are 2, 3, 47, 197. Prime factorization of 55554 in exponential form is:

55554 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 47¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55560

Prime factors of 55560 are 2, 3, 5, 463. Prime factorization of 55560 in exponential form is:

55560 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 463¹

Step-3: Factors of 55554

List of positive integer factors of 55554 that divides 55554 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 47, 94, 141, 197, 282, 394, 591, 1182, 9259, 18518, 27777

Step-4: Factors of 55560

List of positive integer factors of 55560 that divides 55554 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, 120, 463, 926, 1389, 1852, 2315, 2778, 3704, 4630, 5556, 6945, 9260, 11112, 13890, 18520, 27780

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55554 and 55560. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55554 and 55560 is 6.

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