What is the Greatest Common Factor of 96550 and 96555?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 96550 and 96555 is 5.

GCF(96550,96555) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 96550 and 96555, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 96550 and 96555.

How to find the GCF of 96550 and 96555?

We will first find the prime factorization of 96550 and 96555. After we will calculate the factors of 96550 and 96555 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 96550

Prime factors of 96550 are 2, 5, 1931. Prime factorization of 96550 in exponential form is:

96550 = 2¹ × 5² × 1931¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 96555

Prime factors of 96555 are 3, 5, 41, 157. Prime factorization of 96555 in exponential form is:

96555 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 41¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 96550

List of positive integer factors of 96550 that divides 96550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1931, 3862, 9655, 19310, 48275

Step-4: Factors of 96555

List of positive integer factors of 96555 that divides 96550 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 41, 123, 157, 205, 471, 615, 785, 2355, 6437, 19311, 32185

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 96550 and 96555. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 96550 and 96555 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 96550 and 96555