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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55954 and 55973?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55954 and 55973 is 1.

GCF(55954,55973) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55954 and 55973, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55954 and 55973.

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How to find the GCF of 55954 and 55973?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55954 and 55973. After we will calculate the factors of 55954 and 55973 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55954

Prime factors of 55954 are 2, 101, 277. Prime factorization of 55954 in exponential form is:

55954 = 21 × 1011 × 2771

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55973

Prime factors of 55973 are 223, 251. Prime factorization of 55973 in exponential form is:

55973 = 2231 × 2511

Step-3: Factors of 55954

List of positive integer factors of 55954 that divides 55954 without a remainder.

1, 2, 101, 202, 277, 554, 27977

Step-4: Factors of 55973

List of positive integer factors of 55973 that divides 55954 without a remainder.

1, 223, 251

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55954 and 55973. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55954 and 55973 is 1.

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