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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55957 and 55966?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55957 and 55966 is 1.

GCF(55957,55966) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55957 and 55966, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55957 and 55966.

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How to find the GCF of 55957 and 55966?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55957 and 55966. After we will calculate the factors of 55957 and 55966 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55957

Prime factors of 55957 are 11, 5087. Prime factorization of 55957 in exponential form is:

55957 = 111 × 50871

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55966

Prime factors of 55966 are 2, 27983. Prime factorization of 55966 in exponential form is:

55966 = 21 × 279831

Step-3: Factors of 55957

List of positive integer factors of 55957 that divides 55957 without a remainder.

1, 11, 5087

Step-4: Factors of 55966

List of positive integer factors of 55966 that divides 55957 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27983

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55957 and 55966. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55957 and 55966 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55957 and 55966