What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56208 and 56218?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56208 and 56218 is 2.

GCF(56208,56218) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56208 and 56218, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56208 and 56218.

How to find the GCF of 56208 and 56218?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56208 and 56218. After we will calculate the factors of 56208 and 56218 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56208

Prime factors of 56208 are 2, 3, 1171. Prime factorization of 56208 in exponential form is:

56208 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 1171¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56218

Prime factors of 56218 are 2, 28109. Prime factorization of 56218 in exponential form is:

56218 = 2¹ × 28109¹

Step-3: Factors of 56208

List of positive integer factors of 56208 that divides 56208 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 1171, 2342, 3513, 4684, 7026, 9368, 14052, 18736, 28104

Step-4: Factors of 56218

List of positive integer factors of 56218 that divides 56208 without a remainder.

1, 2, 28109

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56208 and 56218. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56208 and 56218 is 2.

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