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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55882 and 55892?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55882 and 55892 is 2.

GCF(55882,55892) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55882 and 55892, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55882 and 55892.

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How to find the GCF of 55882 and 55892?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55882 and 55892. After we will calculate the factors of 55882 and 55892 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55882

Prime factors of 55882 are 2, 27941. Prime factorization of 55882 in exponential form is:

55882 = 21 × 279411

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55892

Prime factors of 55892 are 2, 89, 157. Prime factorization of 55892 in exponential form is:

55892 = 22 × 891 × 1571

Step-3: Factors of 55882

List of positive integer factors of 55882 that divides 55882 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27941

Step-4: Factors of 55892

List of positive integer factors of 55892 that divides 55882 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 89, 157, 178, 314, 356, 628, 13973, 27946

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55882 and 55892. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55882 and 55892 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55882 and 55892