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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55951 and 55962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55951 and 55962 is 1.

GCF(55951,55962) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55951 and 55962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55951 and 55962.

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How to find the GCF of 55951 and 55962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55951 and 55962. After we will calculate the factors of 55951 and 55962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55951

Prime factors of 55951 are 7, 7993. Prime factorization of 55951 in exponential form is:

55951 = 71 × 79931

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55962

Prime factors of 55962 are 2, 3, 3109. Prime factorization of 55962 in exponential form is:

55962 = 21 × 32 × 31091

Step-3: Factors of 55951

List of positive integer factors of 55951 that divides 55951 without a remainder.

1, 7, 7993

Step-4: Factors of 55962

List of positive integer factors of 55962 that divides 55951 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 3109, 6218, 9327, 18654, 27981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55951 and 55962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55951 and 55962 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55951 and 55962