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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55860 and 55866?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55860 and 55866 is 6.

GCF(55860,55866) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55860 and 55866, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55860 and 55866.

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How to find the GCF of 55860 and 55866?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55860 and 55866. After we will calculate the factors of 55860 and 55866 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55860

Prime factors of 55860 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 19. Prime factorization of 55860 in exponential form is:

55860 = 22 × 31 × 51 × 72 × 191

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55866

Prime factors of 55866 are 2, 3, 9311. Prime factorization of 55866 in exponential form is:

55866 = 21 × 31 × 93111

Step-3: Factors of 55860

List of positive integer factors of 55860 that divides 55860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 28, 30, 35, 38, 42, 49, 57, 60, 70, 76, 84, 95, 98, 105, 114, 133, 140, 147, 190, 196, 210, 228, 245, 266, 285, 294, 380, 399, 420, 490, 532, 570, 588, 665, 735, 798, 931, 980, 1140, 1330, 1470, 1596, 1862, 1995, 2660, 2793, 2940, 3724, 3990, 4655, 5586, 7980, 9310, 11172, 13965, 18620, 27930

Step-4: Factors of 55866

List of positive integer factors of 55866 that divides 55860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9311, 18622, 27933

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55860 and 55866. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55860 and 55866 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55860 and 55866