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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55554 and 55562?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55554 and 55562 is 2.

GCF(55554,55562) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55554 and 55562, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55554 and 55562.

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How to find the GCF of 55554 and 55562?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55554 and 55562. After we will calculate the factors of 55554 and 55562 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 55562

Prime factors of 55562 are 2, 13, 2137. Prime factorization of 55562 in exponential form is:

55562 = 21 × 131 × 21371

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 55562

List of positive integer factors of 55562 that divides 55554 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 2137, 4274, 27781

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55554 and 55562. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55554 and 55562 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55554 and 55562