What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5566 and 5570?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5566 and 5570 is 2.

GCF(5566,5570) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5566 and 5570, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5566 and 5570.

How to find the GCF of 5566 and 5570?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5566 and 5570. After we will calculate the factors of 5566 and 5570 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5566

Prime factors of 5566 are 2, 11, 23. Prime factorization of 5566 in exponential form is:

5566 = 2¹ × 11² × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5570

Prime factors of 5570 are 2, 5, 557. Prime factorization of 5570 in exponential form is:

5570 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 557¹

Step-3: Factors of 5566

List of positive integer factors of 5566 that divides 5566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 23, 46, 121, 242, 253, 506, 2783

Step-4: Factors of 5570

List of positive integer factors of 5570 that divides 5566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 557, 1114, 2785

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5566 and 5570. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5566 and 5570 is 2.

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