What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55602 and 55622?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55602 and 55622 is 2.

GCF(55602,55622) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55602 and 55622, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55602 and 55622.

How to find the GCF of 55602 and 55622?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55602 and 55622. After we will calculate the factors of 55602 and 55622 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55602

Prime factors of 55602 are 2, 3, 3089. Prime factorization of 55602 in exponential form is:

55602 = 2¹ × 3² × 3089¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55622

Prime factors of 55622 are 2, 7, 29, 137. Prime factorization of 55622 in exponential form is:

55622 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 29¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 55602

List of positive integer factors of 55602 that divides 55602 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 3089, 6178, 9267, 18534, 27801

Step-4: Factors of 55622

List of positive integer factors of 55622 that divides 55602 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 29, 58, 137, 203, 274, 406, 959, 1918, 3973, 7946, 27811

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55602 and 55622. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55602 and 55622 is 2.

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