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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5496 and 5506?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5496 and 5506 is 2.

GCF(5496,5506) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5496 and 5506, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5496 and 5506.

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How to find the GCF of 5496 and 5506?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5496 and 5506. After we will calculate the factors of 5496 and 5506 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5496

Prime factors of 5496 are 2, 3, 229. Prime factorization of 5496 in exponential form is:

5496 = 23 × 31 × 2291

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5506

Prime factors of 5506 are 2, 2753. Prime factorization of 5506 in exponential form is:

5506 = 21 × 27531

Step-3: Factors of 5496

List of positive integer factors of 5496 that divides 5496 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 229, 458, 687, 916, 1374, 1832, 2748

Step-4: Factors of 5506

List of positive integer factors of 5506 that divides 5496 without a remainder.

1, 2, 2753

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5496 and 5506. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5496 and 5506 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5496 and 5506