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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55939 and 55959?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55939 and 55959 is 1.

GCF(55939,55959) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55939 and 55959, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55939 and 55959.

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How to find the GCF of 55939 and 55959?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55939 and 55959. After we will calculate the factors of 55939 and 55959 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55939

Prime factors of 55939 are 13, 331. Prime factorization of 55939 in exponential form is:

55939 = 132 × 3311

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55959

Prime factors of 55959 are 3, 23, 811. Prime factorization of 55959 in exponential form is:

55959 = 31 × 231 × 8111

Step-3: Factors of 55939

List of positive integer factors of 55939 that divides 55939 without a remainder.

1, 13, 169, 331, 4303

Step-4: Factors of 55959

List of positive integer factors of 55959 that divides 55939 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 811, 2433, 18653

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55939 and 55959. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55939 and 55959 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55939 and 55959