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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55839 and 55848?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55839 and 55848 is 3.

GCF(55839,55848) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55839 and 55848, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55839 and 55848.

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How to find the GCF of 55839 and 55848?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55839 and 55848. After we will calculate the factors of 55839 and 55848 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55839

Prime factors of 55839 are 3, 7, 2659. Prime factorization of 55839 in exponential form is:

55839 = 31 × 71 × 26591

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55848

Prime factors of 55848 are 2, 3, 13, 179. Prime factorization of 55848 in exponential form is:

55848 = 23 × 31 × 131 × 1791

Step-3: Factors of 55839

List of positive integer factors of 55839 that divides 55839 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2659, 7977, 18613

Step-4: Factors of 55848

List of positive integer factors of 55848 that divides 55839 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 24, 26, 39, 52, 78, 104, 156, 179, 312, 358, 537, 716, 1074, 1432, 2148, 2327, 4296, 4654, 6981, 9308, 13962, 18616, 27924

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55839 and 55848. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55839 and 55848 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55839 and 55848