What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55870 and 55877?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55870 and 55877 is 1.

GCF(55870,55877) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55870 and 55877, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55870 and 55877.

How to find the GCF of 55870 and 55877?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55870 and 55877. After we will calculate the factors of 55870 and 55877 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55870

Prime factors of 55870 are 2, 5, 37, 151. Prime factorization of 55870 in exponential form is:

55870 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 37¹ × 151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55877

Prime factors of 55877 are 71, 787. Prime factorization of 55877 in exponential form is:

55877 = 71¹ × 787¹

Step-3: Factors of 55870

List of positive integer factors of 55870 that divides 55870 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 37, 74, 151, 185, 302, 370, 755, 1510, 5587, 11174, 27935

Step-4: Factors of 55877

List of positive integer factors of 55877 that divides 55870 without a remainder.

1, 71, 787

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55870 and 55877. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55870 and 55877 is 1.

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