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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55835 and 55842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55835 and 55842 is 1.

GCF(55835,55842) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55835 and 55842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55835 and 55842.

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How to find the GCF of 55835 and 55842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55835 and 55842. After we will calculate the factors of 55835 and 55842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 55842

Prime factors of 55842 are 2, 3, 41, 227. Prime factorization of 55842 in exponential form is:

55842 = 21 × 31 × 411 × 2271

Step-3: Factors of 55835

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 55842

List of positive integer factors of 55842 that divides 55835 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 41, 82, 123, 227, 246, 454, 681, 1362, 9307, 18614, 27921

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55835 and 55842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55835 and 55842 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55835 and 55842