What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55995 and 56012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55995 and 56012 is 1.

GCF(55995,56012) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55995 and 56012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55995 and 56012.

How to find the GCF of 55995 and 56012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55995 and 56012. After we will calculate the factors of 55995 and 56012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55995

Prime factors of 55995 are 3, 5, 3733. Prime factorization of 55995 in exponential form is:

55995 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 3733¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56012

Prime factors of 56012 are 2, 11, 19, 67. Prime factorization of 56012 in exponential form is:

56012 = 2² × 11¹ × 19¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 55995

List of positive integer factors of 55995 that divides 55995 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 3733, 11199, 18665

Step-4: Factors of 56012

List of positive integer factors of 56012 that divides 55995 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 19, 22, 38, 44, 67, 76, 134, 209, 268, 418, 737, 836, 1273, 1474, 2546, 2948, 5092, 14003, 28006

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55995 and 56012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55995 and 56012 is 1.

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