What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55842 and 55856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55842 and 55856 is 2.

GCF(55842,55856) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55842 and 55856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55842 and 55856.

How to find the GCF of 55842 and 55856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55842 and 55856. After we will calculate the factors of 55842 and 55856 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 55856

Prime factors of 55856 are 2, 3491. Prime factorization of 55856 in exponential form is:

55856 = 2⁴ × 3491¹

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 55856

List of positive integer factors of 55856 that divides 55842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3491, 6982, 13964, 27928

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55842 and 55856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55842 and 55856 is 2.

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