What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55715 and 55721?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55715 and 55721 is 1.

GCF(55715,55721) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55715 and 55721, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55715 and 55721.

How to find the GCF of 55715 and 55721?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55715 and 55721. After we will calculate the factors of 55715 and 55721 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55715

Prime factors of 55715 are 5, 11, 1013. Prime factorization of 55715 in exponential form is:

55715 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 1013¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55721

Prime factors of 55721 are 55721. Prime factorization of 55721 in exponential form is:

55721 = 55721¹

Step-3: Factors of 55715

List of positive integer factors of 55715 that divides 55715 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 1013, 5065, 11143

Step-4: Factors of 55721

List of positive integer factors of 55721 that divides 55715 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55715 and 55721. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55715 and 55721 is 1.

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