What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55842 and 55851?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55842 and 55851 is 3.

GCF(55842,55851) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55842 and 55851, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55842 and 55851.

How to find the GCF of 55842 and 55851?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55842 and 55851. After we will calculate the factors of 55842 and 55851 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 55851

Prime factors of 55851 are 3, 18617. Prime factorization of 55851 in exponential form is:

55851 = 3¹ × 18617¹

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 55851

List of positive integer factors of 55851 that divides 55842 without a remainder.

1, 3, 18617

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55842 and 55851. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55842 and 55851 is 3.

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