What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5557 and 5572?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5557 and 5572 is 1.

GCF(5557,5572) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5557 and 5572, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5557 and 5572.

How to find the GCF of 5557 and 5572?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5557 and 5572. After we will calculate the factors of 5557 and 5572 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5557

Prime factors of 5557 are 5557. Prime factorization of 5557 in exponential form is:

5557 = 5557¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5572

Prime factors of 5572 are 2, 7, 199. Prime factorization of 5572 in exponential form is:

5572 = 2² × 7¹ × 199¹

Step-3: Factors of 5557

List of positive integer factors of 5557 that divides 5557 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 5572

List of positive integer factors of 5572 that divides 5557 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 199, 398, 796, 1393, 2786

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5557 and 5572. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5557 and 5572 is 1.

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