What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56157 and 56169?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56157 and 56169 is 3.

GCF(56157,56169) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56157 and 56169, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56157 and 56169.

How to find the GCF of 56157 and 56169?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56157 and 56169. After we will calculate the factors of 56157 and 56169 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56157

Prime factors of 56157 are 3, 18719. Prime factorization of 56157 in exponential form is:

56157 = 3¹ × 18719¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56169

Prime factors of 56169 are 3, 79. Prime factorization of 56169 in exponential form is:

56169 = 3² × 79²

Step-3: Factors of 56157

List of positive integer factors of 56157 that divides 56157 without a remainder.

1, 3, 18719

Step-4: Factors of 56169

List of positive integer factors of 56169 that divides 56157 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 79, 237, 711, 6241, 18723

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56157 and 56169. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56157 and 56169 is 3.

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