What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55950 and 55961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55950 and 55961 is 1.

GCF(55950,55961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55950 and 55961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55950 and 55961.

How to find the GCF of 55950 and 55961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55950 and 55961. After we will calculate the factors of 55950 and 55961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55950

Prime factors of 55950 are 2, 3, 5, 373. Prime factorization of 55950 in exponential form is:

55950 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5² × 373¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55961

Prime factors of 55961 are 107, 523. Prime factorization of 55961 in exponential form is:

55961 = 107¹ × 523¹

Step-3: Factors of 55950

List of positive integer factors of 55950 that divides 55950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 30, 50, 75, 150, 373, 746, 1119, 1865, 2238, 3730, 5595, 9325, 11190, 18650, 27975

Step-4: Factors of 55961

List of positive integer factors of 55961 that divides 55950 without a remainder.

1, 107, 523

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55950 and 55961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55950 and 55961 is 1.

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