What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55574 and 55592?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55574 and 55592 is 2.

GCF(55574,55592) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55574 and 55592, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55574 and 55592.

How to find the GCF of 55574 and 55592?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55574 and 55592. After we will calculate the factors of 55574 and 55592 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55574

Prime factors of 55574 are 2, 37, 751. Prime factorization of 55574 in exponential form is:

55574 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 751¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55592

Prime factors of 55592 are 2, 6949. Prime factorization of 55592 in exponential form is:

55592 = 2³ × 6949¹

Step-3: Factors of 55574

List of positive integer factors of 55574 that divides 55574 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 751, 1502, 27787

Step-4: Factors of 55592

List of positive integer factors of 55592 that divides 55574 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6949, 13898, 27796

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55574 and 55592. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55574 and 55592 is 2.

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