What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56176 and 56196?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56176 and 56196 is 4.

GCF(56176,56196) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56176 and 56196, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56176 and 56196.

How to find the GCF of 56176 and 56196?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56176 and 56196. After we will calculate the factors of 56176 and 56196 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56176

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

56176 = 2⁴ × 3511¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56196

Prime factors of 56196 are 2, 3, 7, 223. Prime factorization of 56196 in exponential form is:

56196 = 2² × 3² × 7¹ × 223¹

Step-3: Factors of 56176

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 56196

List of positive integer factors of 56196 that divides 56176 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 28, 36, 42, 63, 84, 126, 223, 252, 446, 669, 892, 1338, 1561, 2007, 2676, 3122, 4014, 4683, 6244, 8028, 9366, 14049, 18732, 28098

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56176 and 56196. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56176 and 56196 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56176 and 56196