What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55887 and 55899?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55887 and 55899 is 3.

GCF(55887,55899) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55887 and 55899, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55887 and 55899.

How to find the GCF of 55887 and 55899?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55887 and 55899. After we will calculate the factors of 55887 and 55899 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55887

Prime factors of 55887 are 3, 13, 1433. Prime factorization of 55887 in exponential form is:

55887 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 1433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55899

Prime factors of 55899 are 3, 6211. Prime factorization of 55899 in exponential form is:

55899 = 3² × 6211¹

Step-3: Factors of 55887

List of positive integer factors of 55887 that divides 55887 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 1433, 4299, 18629

Step-4: Factors of 55899

List of positive integer factors of 55899 that divides 55887 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 6211, 18633

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55887 and 55899. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55887 and 55899 is 3.

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