What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55998 and 56008?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55998 and 56008 is 2.

GCF(55998,56008) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55998 and 56008, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55998 and 56008.

How to find the GCF of 55998 and 56008?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55998 and 56008. After we will calculate the factors of 55998 and 56008 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55998

Prime factors of 55998 are 2, 3, 17, 61. Prime factorization of 55998 in exponential form is:

55998 = 2¹ × 3³ × 17¹ × 61¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56008

Prime factors of 56008 are 2, 7001. Prime factorization of 56008 in exponential form is:

56008 = 2³ × 7001¹

Step-3: Factors of 55998

List of positive integer factors of 55998 that divides 55998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 27, 34, 51, 54, 61, 102, 122, 153, 183, 306, 366, 459, 549, 918, 1037, 1098, 1647, 2074, 3111, 3294, 6222, 9333, 18666, 27999

Step-4: Factors of 56008

List of positive integer factors of 56008 that divides 55998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 7001, 14002, 28004

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55998 and 56008. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55998 and 56008 is 2.

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