What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55766 and 55772?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55766 and 55772 is 2.

GCF(55766,55772) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55766 and 55772, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55766 and 55772.

How to find the GCF of 55766 and 55772?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55766 and 55772. After we will calculate the factors of 55766 and 55772 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55766

Prime factors of 55766 are 2, 27883. Prime factorization of 55766 in exponential form is:

55766 = 2¹ × 27883¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55772

Prime factors of 55772 are 2, 73, 191. Prime factorization of 55772 in exponential form is:

55772 = 2² × 73¹ × 191¹

Step-3: Factors of 55766

List of positive integer factors of 55766 that divides 55766 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27883

Step-4: Factors of 55772

List of positive integer factors of 55772 that divides 55766 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 73, 146, 191, 292, 382, 764, 13943, 27886

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55766 and 55772. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55766 and 55772 is 2.

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