What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55671 and 55679?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55671 and 55679 is 1.

GCF(55671,55679) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55671 and 55679, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55671 and 55679.

How to find the GCF of 55671 and 55679?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55671 and 55679. After we will calculate the factors of 55671 and 55679 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55671

Prime factors of 55671 are 3, 7, 11, 241. Prime factorization of 55671 in exponential form is:

55671 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55679

Prime factors of 55679 are 13, 4283. Prime factorization of 55679 in exponential form is:

55679 = 13¹ × 4283¹

Step-3: Factors of 55671

List of positive integer factors of 55671 that divides 55671 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 11, 21, 33, 77, 231, 241, 723, 1687, 2651, 5061, 7953, 18557

Step-4: Factors of 55679

List of positive integer factors of 55679 that divides 55671 without a remainder.

1, 13, 4283

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55671 and 55679. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55671 and 55679 is 1.

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