What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55926 and 55938?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55926 and 55938 is 6.

GCF(55926,55938) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55926 and 55938, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55926 and 55938.

How to find the GCF of 55926 and 55938?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55926 and 55938. After we will calculate the factors of 55926 and 55938 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55926

Prime factors of 55926 are 2, 3, 13, 239. Prime factorization of 55926 in exponential form is:

55926 = 2¹ × 3² × 13¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55938

Prime factors of 55938 are 2, 3, 9323. Prime factorization of 55938 in exponential form is:

55938 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 9323¹

Step-3: Factors of 55926

List of positive integer factors of 55926 that divides 55926 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 18, 26, 39, 78, 117, 234, 239, 478, 717, 1434, 2151, 3107, 4302, 6214, 9321, 18642, 27963

Step-4: Factors of 55938

List of positive integer factors of 55938 that divides 55926 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9323, 18646, 27969

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55926 and 55938. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55926 and 55938 is 6.

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