What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55805 and 55815?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55805 and 55815 is 5.

GCF(55805,55815) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55805 and 55815, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55805 and 55815.

How to find the GCF of 55805 and 55815?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55805 and 55815. After we will calculate the factors of 55805 and 55815 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55805

Prime factors of 55805 are 5, 11161. Prime factorization of 55805 in exponential form is:

55805 = 5¹ × 11161¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55815

Prime factors of 55815 are 3, 5, 61. Prime factorization of 55815 in exponential form is:

55815 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 61²

Step-3: Factors of 55805

List of positive integer factors of 55805 that divides 55805 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11161

Step-4: Factors of 55815

List of positive integer factors of 55815 that divides 55805 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 61, 183, 305, 915, 3721, 11163, 18605

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55805 and 55815. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55805 and 55815 is 5.

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