What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56006 and 56012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56006 and 56012 is 2.

GCF(56006,56012) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56006 and 56012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56006 and 56012.

How to find the GCF of 56006 and 56012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56006 and 56012. After we will calculate the factors of 56006 and 56012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56006

Prime factors of 56006 are 2, 41, 683. Prime factorization of 56006 in exponential form is:

56006 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 683¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56012

Prime factors of 56012 are 2, 11, 19, 67. Prime factorization of 56012 in exponential form is:

56012 = 2² × 11¹ × 19¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 56006

List of positive integer factors of 56006 that divides 56006 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 683, 1366, 28003

Step-4: Factors of 56012

List of positive integer factors of 56012 that divides 56006 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 19, 22, 38, 44, 67, 76, 134, 209, 268, 418, 737, 836, 1273, 1474, 2546, 2948, 5092, 14003, 28006

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56006 and 56012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56006 and 56012 is 2.

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