What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56162 and 56176?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56162 and 56176 is 2.

GCF(56162,56176) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56162 and 56176, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56162 and 56176.

How to find the GCF of 56162 and 56176?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56162 and 56176. After we will calculate the factors of 56162 and 56176 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56162

Prime factors of 56162 are 2, 28081. Prime factorization of 56162 in exponential form is:

56162 = 2¹ × 28081¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56176

Prime factors of 56176 are 2, 3511. Prime factorization of 56176 in exponential form is:

56176 = 2⁴ × 3511¹

Step-3: Factors of 56162

List of positive integer factors of 56162 that divides 56162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 28081

Step-4: Factors of 56176

List of positive integer factors of 56176 that divides 56162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3511, 7022, 14044, 28088

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56162 and 56176. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56162 and 56176 is 2.

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