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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55981 and 55992?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55981 and 55992 is 1.

GCF(55981,55992) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55981 and 55992, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55981 and 55992.

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How to find the GCF of 55981 and 55992?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55981 and 55992. After we will calculate the factors of 55981 and 55992 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55981

Prime factors of 55981 are 17, 37, 89. Prime factorization of 55981 in exponential form is:

55981 = 171 × 371 × 891

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55992

Prime factors of 55992 are 2, 3, 2333. Prime factorization of 55992 in exponential form is:

55992 = 23 × 31 × 23331

Step-3: Factors of 55981

List of positive integer factors of 55981 that divides 55981 without a remainder.

1, 17, 37, 89, 629, 1513, 3293

Step-4: Factors of 55992

List of positive integer factors of 55992 that divides 55981 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 2333, 4666, 6999, 9332, 13998, 18664, 27996

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55981 and 55992. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55981 and 55992 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55981 and 55992