What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55881 and 55888?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55881 and 55888 is 7.

GCF(55881,55888) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55881 and 55888, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55881 and 55888.

How to find the GCF of 55881 and 55888?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55881 and 55888. After we will calculate the factors of 55881 and 55888 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55881

Prime factors of 55881 are 3, 7, 887. Prime factorization of 55881 in exponential form is:

55881 = 3² × 7¹ × 887¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55888

Prime factors of 55888 are 2, 7, 499. Prime factorization of 55888 in exponential form is:

55888 = 2⁴ × 7¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 55881

List of positive integer factors of 55881 that divides 55881 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 887, 2661, 6209, 7983, 18627

Step-4: Factors of 55888

List of positive integer factors of 55888 that divides 55881 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 112, 499, 998, 1996, 3493, 3992, 6986, 7984, 13972, 27944

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55881 and 55888. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55881 and 55888 is 7.

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