What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55842 and 55846?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55842 and 55846 is 2.

GCF(55842,55846) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55842 and 55846, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55842 and 55846.

How to find the GCF of 55842 and 55846?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55842 and 55846. After we will calculate the factors of 55842 and 55846 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 55846

Prime factors of 55846 are 2, 7, 3989. Prime factorization of 55846 in exponential form is:

55846 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3989¹

Step-3: Factors of 55842

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 55846

List of positive integer factors of 55846 that divides 55842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3989, 7978, 27923

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55842 and 55846. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55842 and 55846 is 2.

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