What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55743 and 55747?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55743 and 55747 is 1.

GCF(55743,55747) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55743 and 55747, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55743 and 55747.

How to find the GCF of 55743 and 55747?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55743 and 55747. After we will calculate the factors of 55743 and 55747 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55743

Prime factors of 55743 are 3, 17, 1093. Prime factorization of 55743 in exponential form is:

55743 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 1093¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55747

Prime factors of 55747 are 107, 521. Prime factorization of 55747 in exponential form is:

55747 = 107¹ × 521¹

Step-3: Factors of 55743

List of positive integer factors of 55743 that divides 55743 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 1093, 3279, 18581

Step-4: Factors of 55747

List of positive integer factors of 55747 that divides 55743 without a remainder.

1, 107, 521

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55743 and 55747. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55743 and 55747 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55743 and 55747