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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55700 and 55712?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55700 and 55712 is 4.

GCF(55700,55712) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55700 and 55712, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55700 and 55712.

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How to find the GCF of 55700 and 55712?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55700 and 55712. After we will calculate the factors of 55700 and 55712 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55700

Prime factors of 55700 are 2, 5, 557. Prime factorization of 55700 in exponential form is:

55700 = 22 × 52 × 5571

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55712

Prime factors of 55712 are 2, 1741. Prime factorization of 55712 in exponential form is:

55712 = 25 × 17411

Step-3: Factors of 55700

List of positive integer factors of 55700 that divides 55700 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 557, 1114, 2228, 2785, 5570, 11140, 13925, 27850

Step-4: Factors of 55712

List of positive integer factors of 55712 that divides 55700 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 1741, 3482, 6964, 13928, 27856

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55700 and 55712. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55700 and 55712 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55700 and 55712