What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56109 and 56118?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56109 and 56118 is 3.

GCF(56109,56118) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56109 and 56118, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56109 and 56118.

How to find the GCF of 56109 and 56118?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56109 and 56118. After we will calculate the factors of 56109 and 56118 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56109

Prime factors of 56109 are 3, 59, 317. Prime factorization of 56109 in exponential form is:

56109 = 3¹ × 59¹ × 317¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56118

Prime factors of 56118 are 2, 3, 47, 199. Prime factorization of 56118 in exponential form is:

56118 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 47¹ × 199¹

Step-3: Factors of 56109

List of positive integer factors of 56109 that divides 56109 without a remainder.

1, 3, 59, 177, 317, 951, 18703

Step-4: Factors of 56118

List of positive integer factors of 56118 that divides 56109 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 47, 94, 141, 199, 282, 398, 597, 1194, 9353, 18706, 28059

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56109 and 56118. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56109 and 56118 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56109 and 56118