What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55889 and 55896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55889 and 55896 is 1.

GCF(55889,55896) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55889 and 55896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55889 and 55896.

How to find the GCF of 55889 and 55896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55889 and 55896. After we will calculate the factors of 55889 and 55896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55889

Prime factors of 55889 are 55889. Prime factorization of 55889 in exponential form is:

55889 = 55889¹

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 55889

List of positive integer factors of 55889 that divides 55889 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 55896

List of positive integer factors of 55896 that divides 55889 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 55889 and 55896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55889 and 55896 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55889 and 55896