What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55959 and 55966?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55959 and 55966 is 1.

GCF(55959,55966) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55959 and 55966, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55959 and 55966.

How to find the GCF of 55959 and 55966?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55959 and 55966. After we will calculate the factors of 55959 and 55966 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55959

Prime factors of 55959 are 3, 23, 811. Prime factorization of 55959 in exponential form is:

55959 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 811¹

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 55959

List of positive integer factors of 55959 that divides 55959 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 811, 2433, 18653

Step-4: Factors of 55966

List of positive integer factors of 55966 that divides 55959 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27983

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55959 and 55966. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55959 and 55966 is 1.

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