What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55645 and 55659?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55645 and 55659 is 1.

GCF(55645,55659) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55645 and 55659, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55645 and 55659.

How to find the GCF of 55645 and 55659?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55645 and 55659. After we will calculate the factors of 55645 and 55659 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55645

Prime factors of 55645 are 5, 31, 359. Prime factorization of 55645 in exponential form is:

55645 = 5¹ × 31¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55659

Prime factors of 55659 are 3, 18553. Prime factorization of 55659 in exponential form is:

55659 = 3¹ × 18553¹

Step-3: Factors of 55645

List of positive integer factors of 55645 that divides 55645 without a remainder.

1, 5, 31, 155, 359, 1795, 11129

Step-4: Factors of 55659

List of positive integer factors of 55659 that divides 55645 without a remainder.

1, 3, 18553

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55645 and 55659. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55645 and 55659 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55645 and 55659