What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55802 and 55806?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55802 and 55806 is 2.

GCF(55802,55806) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55802 and 55806, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55802 and 55806.

How to find the GCF of 55802 and 55806?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55802 and 55806. After we will calculate the factors of 55802 and 55806 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55802

Prime factors of 55802 are 2, 27901. Prime factorization of 55802 in exponential form is:

55802 = 2¹ × 27901¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55806

Prime factors of 55806 are 2, 3, 71, 131. Prime factorization of 55806 in exponential form is:

55806 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 71¹ × 131¹

Step-3: Factors of 55802

List of positive integer factors of 55802 that divides 55802 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27901

Step-4: Factors of 55806

List of positive integer factors of 55806 that divides 55802 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 71, 131, 142, 213, 262, 393, 426, 786, 9301, 18602, 27903

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55802 and 55806. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55802 and 55806 is 2.

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