What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5568 and 5576?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5568 and 5576 is 8.

GCF(5568,5576) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5568 and 5576, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5568 and 5576.

How to find the GCF of 5568 and 5576?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5568 and 5576. After we will calculate the factors of 5568 and 5576 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5568

Prime factors of 5568 are 2, 3, 29. Prime factorization of 5568 in exponential form is:

5568 = 2⁶ × 3¹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5576

Prime factors of 5576 are 2, 17, 41. Prime factorization of 5576 in exponential form is:

5576 = 2³ × 17¹ × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 5568

List of positive integer factors of 5568 that divides 5568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 29, 32, 48, 58, 64, 87, 96, 116, 174, 192, 232, 348, 464, 696, 928, 1392, 1856, 2784

Step-4: Factors of 5576

List of positive integer factors of 5576 that divides 5568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 41, 68, 82, 136, 164, 328, 697, 1394, 2788

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5568 and 5576. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5568 and 5576 is 8.

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