What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55947 and 55967?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55947 and 55967 is 1.

GCF(55947,55967) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55947 and 55967, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55947 and 55967.

How to find the GCF of 55947 and 55967?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55947 and 55967. After we will calculate the factors of 55947 and 55967 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 55967

Prime factors of 55967 are 55967. Prime factorization of 55967 in exponential form is:

55967 = 55967¹

Step-3: Factors of 55947

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 55967

List of positive integer factors of 55967 that divides 55947 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55947 and 55967. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55947 and 55967 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55947 and 55967