What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55855 and 55874?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55855 and 55874 is 1.

GCF(55855,55874) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55855 and 55874, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55855 and 55874.

How to find the GCF of 55855 and 55874?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55855 and 55874. After we will calculate the factors of 55855 and 55874 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55855

Prime factors of 55855 are 5, 11171. Prime factorization of 55855 in exponential form is:

55855 = 5¹ × 11171¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55874

Prime factors of 55874 are 2, 7, 13, 307. Prime factorization of 55874 in exponential form is:

55874 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 307¹

Step-3: Factors of 55855

List of positive integer factors of 55855 that divides 55855 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11171

Step-4: Factors of 55874

List of positive integer factors of 55874 that divides 55855 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 13, 14, 26, 91, 182, 307, 614, 2149, 3991, 4298, 7982, 27937

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55855 and 55874. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55855 and 55874 is 1.

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