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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55712 and 55732?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55712 and 55732 is 4.

GCF(55712,55732) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55712 and 55732, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55712 and 55732.

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How to find the GCF of 55712 and 55732?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55712 and 55732. After we will calculate the factors of 55712 and 55732 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55712

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

55712 = 25 × 17411

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55732

Prime factors of 55732 are 2, 13933. Prime factorization of 55732 in exponential form is:

55732 = 22 × 139331

Step-3: Factors of 55712

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 55732

List of positive integer factors of 55732 that divides 55712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13933, 27866

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55712 and 55732. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55712 and 55732 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55712 and 55732