What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55618 and 55630?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55618 and 55630 is 2.

GCF(55618,55630) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55618 and 55630, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55618 and 55630.

How to find the GCF of 55618 and 55630?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55618 and 55630. After we will calculate the factors of 55618 and 55630 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55618

Prime factors of 55618 are 2, 27809. Prime factorization of 55618 in exponential form is:

55618 = 2¹ × 27809¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55630

Prime factors of 55630 are 2, 5, 5563. Prime factorization of 55630 in exponential form is:

55630 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 5563¹

Step-3: Factors of 55618

List of positive integer factors of 55618 that divides 55618 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27809

Step-4: Factors of 55630

List of positive integer factors of 55630 that divides 55618 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 5563, 11126, 27815

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55618 and 55630. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55618 and 55630 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55618 and 55630