What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55928 and 55947?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55928 and 55947 is 1.

GCF(55928,55947) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55928 and 55947, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55928 and 55947.

How to find the GCF of 55928 and 55947?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55928 and 55947. After we will calculate the factors of 55928 and 55947 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55928

Prime factors of 55928 are 2, 6991. Prime factorization of 55928 in exponential form is:

55928 = 2³ × 6991¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55947

Prime factors of 55947 are 3, 17, 1097. Prime factorization of 55947 in exponential form is:

55947 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 1097¹

Step-3: Factors of 55928

List of positive integer factors of 55928 that divides 55928 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6991, 13982, 27964

Step-4: Factors of 55947

List of positive integer factors of 55947 that divides 55928 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 1097, 3291, 18649

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55928 and 55947. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55928 and 55947 is 1.

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