What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55841 and 55852?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55841 and 55852 is 1.

GCF(55841,55852) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55841 and 55852, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55841 and 55852.

How to find the GCF of 55841 and 55852?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55841 and 55852. After we will calculate the factors of 55841 and 55852 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55841

Prime factors of 55841 are 19, 2939. Prime factorization of 55841 in exponential form is:

55841 = 19¹ × 2939¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55852

Prime factors of 55852 are 2, 13963. Prime factorization of 55852 in exponential form is:

55852 = 2² × 13963¹

Step-3: Factors of 55841

List of positive integer factors of 55841 that divides 55841 without a remainder.

1, 19, 2939

Step-4: Factors of 55852

List of positive integer factors of 55852 that divides 55841 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13963, 27926

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55841 and 55852. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55841 and 55852 is 1.

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