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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55568 and 55588?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55568 and 55588 is 4.

GCF(55568,55588) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55568 and 55588, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55568 and 55588.

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How to find the GCF of 55568 and 55588?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55568 and 55588. After we will calculate the factors of 55568 and 55588 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 55588

Prime factors of 55588 are 2, 13, 1069. Prime factorization of 55588 in exponential form is:

55588 = 22 × 131 × 10691

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 55588

List of positive integer factors of 55588 that divides 55568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 1069, 2138, 4276, 13897, 27794

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55568 and 55588. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55568 and 55588 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55568 and 55588