What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5542 and 5560?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5542 and 5560 is 2.

GCF(5542,5560) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5542 and 5560, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5542 and 5560.

How to find the GCF of 5542 and 5560?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5542 and 5560. After we will calculate the factors of 5542 and 5560 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5542

Prime factors of 5542 are 2, 17, 163. Prime factorization of 5542 in exponential form is:

5542 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5560

Prime factors of 5560 are 2, 5, 139. Prime factorization of 5560 in exponential form is:

5560 = 2³ × 5¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 5542

List of positive integer factors of 5542 that divides 5542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 163, 326, 2771

Step-4: Factors of 5560

List of positive integer factors of 5560 that divides 5542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 139, 278, 556, 695, 1112, 1390, 2780

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5542 and 5560. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5542 and 5560 is 2.

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