What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55568 and 55578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55568 and 55578 is 2.

GCF(55568,55578) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55568 and 55578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55568 and 55578.

How to find the GCF of 55568 and 55578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55568 and 55578. After we will calculate the factors of 55568 and 55578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55568

Prime factors of 55568 are 2, 23, 151. Prime factorization of 55568 in exponential form is:

55568 = 2⁴ × 23¹ × 151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55578

Prime factors of 55578 are 2, 3, 59, 157. Prime factorization of 55578 in exponential form is:

55578 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 59¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 55568

List of positive integer factors of 55568 that divides 55568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 23, 46, 92, 151, 184, 302, 368, 604, 1208, 2416, 3473, 6946, 13892, 27784

Step-4: Factors of 55578

List of positive integer factors of 55578 that divides 55568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 59, 118, 157, 177, 314, 354, 471, 942, 9263, 18526, 27789

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55568 and 55578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55568 and 55578 is 2.

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