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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55951 and 55968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55951 and 55968 is 1.

GCF(55951,55968) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55951 and 55968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55951 and 55968.

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How to find the GCF of 55951 and 55968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55951 and 55968. After we will calculate the factors of 55951 and 55968 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 55968

Prime factors of 55968 are 2, 3, 11, 53. Prime factorization of 55968 in exponential form is:

55968 = 25 × 31 × 111 × 531

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 55968

List of positive integer factors of 55968 that divides 55951 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 16, 22, 24, 32, 33, 44, 48, 53, 66, 88, 96, 106, 132, 159, 176, 212, 264, 318, 352, 424, 528, 583, 636, 848, 1056, 1166, 1272, 1696, 1749, 2332, 2544, 3498, 4664, 5088, 6996, 9328, 13992, 18656, 27984

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55951 and 55968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55951 and 55968 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55951 and 55968