What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56015 and 56020?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56015 and 56020 is 5.

GCF(56015,56020) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56015 and 56020, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56015 and 56020.

How to find the GCF of 56015 and 56020?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56015 and 56020. After we will calculate the factors of 56015 and 56020 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56015

Prime factors of 56015 are 5, 17, 659. Prime factorization of 56015 in exponential form is:

56015 = 5¹ × 17¹ × 659¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56020

Prime factors of 56020 are 2, 5, 2801. Prime factorization of 56020 in exponential form is:

56020 = 2² × 5¹ × 2801¹

Step-3: Factors of 56015

List of positive integer factors of 56015 that divides 56015 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 85, 659, 3295, 11203

Step-4: Factors of 56020

List of positive integer factors of 56020 that divides 56015 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2801, 5602, 11204, 14005, 28010

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56015 and 56020. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56015 and 56020 is 5.

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