What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55964 and 55975?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55964 and 55975 is 1.

GCF(55964,55975) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55964 and 55975, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55964 and 55975.

How to find the GCF of 55964 and 55975?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55964 and 55975. After we will calculate the factors of 55964 and 55975 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55964

Prime factors of 55964 are 2, 17, 823. Prime factorization of 55964 in exponential form is:

55964 = 2² × 17¹ × 823¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55975

Prime factors of 55975 are 5, 2239. Prime factorization of 55975 in exponential form is:

55975 = 5² × 2239¹

Step-3: Factors of 55964

List of positive integer factors of 55964 that divides 55964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 823, 1646, 3292, 13991, 27982

Step-4: Factors of 55975

List of positive integer factors of 55975 that divides 55964 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 2239, 11195

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55964 and 55975. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55964 and 55975 is 1.

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