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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55902 and 55906?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55902 and 55906 is 2.

GCF(55902,55906) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55902 and 55906, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55902 and 55906.

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How to find the GCF of 55902 and 55906?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55902 and 55906. After we will calculate the factors of 55902 and 55906 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55902

Prime factors of 55902 are 2, 3, 7, 11. Prime factorization of 55902 in exponential form is:

55902 = 21 × 31 × 71 × 113

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55906

Prime factors of 55906 are 2, 27953. Prime factorization of 55906 in exponential form is:

55906 = 21 × 279531

Step-3: Factors of 55902

List of positive integer factors of 55902 that divides 55902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 14, 21, 22, 33, 42, 66, 77, 121, 154, 231, 242, 363, 462, 726, 847, 1331, 1694, 2541, 2662, 3993, 5082, 7986, 9317, 18634, 27951

Step-4: Factors of 55906

List of positive integer factors of 55906 that divides 55902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27953

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55902 and 55906. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55902 and 55906 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55902 and 55906