What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55830 and 55835?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55830 and 55835 is 5.

GCF(55830,55835) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55830 and 55835, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55830 and 55835.

How to find the GCF of 55830 and 55835?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55830 and 55835. After we will calculate the factors of 55830 and 55835 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55830

Prime factors of 55830 are 2, 3, 5, 1861. Prime factorization of 55830 in exponential form is:

55830 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 1861¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55835

Prime factors of 55835 are 5, 13, 859. Prime factorization of 55835 in exponential form is:

55835 = 5¹ × 13¹ × 859¹

Step-3: Factors of 55830

List of positive integer factors of 55830 that divides 55830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 1861, 3722, 5583, 9305, 11166, 18610, 27915

Step-4: Factors of 55835

List of positive integer factors of 55835 that divides 55830 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 65, 859, 4295, 11167

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55830 and 55835. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55830 and 55835 is 5.

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