What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55629 and 55646?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55629 and 55646 is 1.

GCF(55629,55646) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55629 and 55646, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55629 and 55646.

How to find the GCF of 55629 and 55646?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55629 and 55646. After we will calculate the factors of 55629 and 55646 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55629

Prime factors of 55629 are 3, 7, 883. Prime factorization of 55629 in exponential form is:

55629 = 3² × 7¹ × 883¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55646

Prime factors of 55646 are 2, 27823. Prime factorization of 55646 in exponential form is:

55646 = 2¹ × 27823¹

Step-3: Factors of 55629

List of positive integer factors of 55629 that divides 55629 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 883, 2649, 6181, 7947, 18543

Step-4: Factors of 55646

List of positive integer factors of 55646 that divides 55629 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27823

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55629 and 55646. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55629 and 55646 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55629 and 55646