What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5576 and 5582?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5576 and 5582 is 2.

GCF(5576,5582) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5576 and 5582, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5576 and 5582.

How to find the GCF of 5576 and 5582?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5576 and 5582. After we will calculate the factors of 5576 and 5582 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5576

Prime factors of 5576 are 2, 17, 41. Prime factorization of 5576 in exponential form is:

5576 = 2³ × 17¹ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5582

Prime factors of 5582 are 2, 2791. Prime factorization of 5582 in exponential form is:

5582 = 2¹ × 2791¹

Step-3: Factors of 5576

List of positive integer factors of 5576 that divides 5576 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 41, 68, 82, 136, 164, 328, 697, 1394, 2788

Step-4: Factors of 5582

List of positive integer factors of 5582 that divides 5576 without a remainder.

1, 2, 2791

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5576 and 5582. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5576 and 5582 is 2.

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