What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55867 and 55879?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55867 and 55879 is 1.

GCF(55867,55879) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55867 and 55879, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55867 and 55879.

How to find the GCF of 55867 and 55879?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55867 and 55879. After we will calculate the factors of 55867 and 55879 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55867

Prime factors of 55867 are 7, 23, 347. Prime factorization of 55867 in exponential form is:

55867 = 7¹ × 23¹ × 347¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55879

Prime factors of 55879 are 17, 19, 173. Prime factorization of 55879 in exponential form is:

55879 = 17¹ × 19¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 55867

List of positive integer factors of 55867 that divides 55867 without a remainder.

1, 7, 23, 161, 347, 2429, 7981

Step-4: Factors of 55879

List of positive integer factors of 55879 that divides 55867 without a remainder.

1, 17, 19, 173, 323, 2941, 3287

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55867 and 55879. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55867 and 55879 is 1.

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