What is the Greatest Common Factor of 3560 and 3564?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 3560 and 3564 is 4.

GCF(3560,3564) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 3560 and 3564, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 3560 and 3564.

How to find the GCF of 3560 and 3564?

We will first find the prime factorization of 3560 and 3564. After we will calculate the factors of 3560 and 3564 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 3560

Prime factors of 3560 are 2, 5, 89. Prime factorization of 3560 in exponential form is:

3560 = 2³ × 5¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 3564

Prime factors of 3564 are 2, 3, 11. Prime factorization of 3564 in exponential form is:

3564 = 2² × 3⁴ × 11¹

Step-3: Factors of 3560

List of positive integer factors of 3560 that divides 3560 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 89, 178, 356, 445, 712, 890, 1780

Step-4: Factors of 3564

List of positive integer factors of 3564 that divides 3560 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 22, 27, 33, 36, 44, 54, 66, 81, 99, 108, 132, 162, 198, 297, 324, 396, 594, 891, 1188, 1782

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 3560 and 3564. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 3560 and 3564 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 3560 and 3564