What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56032 and 56042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56032 and 56042 is 2.

GCF(56032,56042) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56032 and 56042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56032 and 56042.

How to find the GCF of 56032 and 56042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56032 and 56042. After we will calculate the factors of 56032 and 56042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56032

Prime factors of 56032 are 2, 17, 103. Prime factorization of 56032 in exponential form is:

56032 = 2⁵ × 17¹ × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56042

Prime factors of 56042 are 2, 7, 4003. Prime factorization of 56042 in exponential form is:

56042 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 4003¹

Step-3: Factors of 56032

List of positive integer factors of 56032 that divides 56032 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 32, 34, 68, 103, 136, 206, 272, 412, 544, 824, 1648, 1751, 3296, 3502, 7004, 14008, 28016

Step-4: Factors of 56042

List of positive integer factors of 56042 that divides 56032 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 4003, 8006, 28021

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56032 and 56042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56032 and 56042 is 2.

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