What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55884 and 55896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55884 and 55896 is 12.

GCF(55884,55896) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55884 and 55896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55884 and 55896.

How to find the GCF of 55884 and 55896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55884 and 55896. After we will calculate the factors of 55884 and 55896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55884

Prime factors of 55884 are 2, 3, 4657. Prime factorization of 55884 in exponential form is:

55884 = 2² × 3¹ × 4657¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55896

Prime factors of 55896 are 2, 3, 17, 137. Prime factorization of 55896 in exponential form is:

55896 = 2³ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 55884

List of positive integer factors of 55884 that divides 55884 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 4657, 9314, 13971, 18628, 27942

Step-4: Factors of 55896

List of positive integer factors of 55896 that divides 55884 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 17, 24, 34, 51, 68, 102, 136, 137, 204, 274, 408, 411, 548, 822, 1096, 1644, 2329, 3288, 4658, 6987, 9316, 13974, 18632, 27948

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55884 and 55896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55884 and 55896 is 12.

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