What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56001 and 56008?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56001 and 56008 is 1.

GCF(56001,56008) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56001 and 56008, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56001 and 56008.

How to find the GCF of 56001 and 56008?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56001 and 56008. After we will calculate the factors of 56001 and 56008 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56001

Prime factors of 56001 are 3, 11, 1697. Prime factorization of 56001 in exponential form is:

56001 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1697¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56008

Prime factors of 56008 are 2, 7001. Prime factorization of 56008 in exponential form is:

56008 = 2³ × 7001¹

Step-3: Factors of 56001

List of positive integer factors of 56001 that divides 56001 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1697, 5091, 18667

Step-4: Factors of 56008

List of positive integer factors of 56008 that divides 56001 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 7001, 14002, 28004

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56001 and 56008. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56001 and 56008 is 1.

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