What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55851 and 55863?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55851 and 55863 is 3.

GCF(55851,55863) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55851 and 55863, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55851 and 55863.

How to find the GCF of 55851 and 55863?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55851 and 55863. After we will calculate the factors of 55851 and 55863 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55851

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

55851 = 3¹ × 18617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55863

Prime factors of 55863 are 3, 2069. Prime factorization of 55863 in exponential form is:

55863 = 3³ × 2069¹

Step-3: Factors of 55851

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

1, 3, 18617

Step-4: Factors of 55863

List of positive integer factors of 55863 that divides 55851 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 2069, 6207, 18621

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55851 and 55863. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55851 and 55863 is 3.

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