What is the Greatest Common Factor of 57550 and 57556?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 57550 and 57556 is 2.

GCF(57550,57556) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 57550 and 57556, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 57550 and 57556.

How to find the GCF of 57550 and 57556?

We will first find the prime factorization of 57550 and 57556. After we will calculate the factors of 57550 and 57556 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 57550

Prime factors of 57550 are 2, 5, 1151. Prime factorization of 57550 in exponential form is:

57550 = 2¹ × 5² × 1151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 57556

Prime factors of 57556 are 2, 14389. Prime factorization of 57556 in exponential form is:

57556 = 2² × 14389¹

Step-3: Factors of 57550

List of positive integer factors of 57550 that divides 57550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1151, 2302, 5755, 11510, 28775

Step-4: Factors of 57556

List of positive integer factors of 57556 that divides 57550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 14389, 28778

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 57550 and 57556. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 57550 and 57556 is 2.

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