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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56216 and 56236?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56216 and 56236 is 4.

GCF(56216,56236) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56216 and 56236, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56216 and 56236.

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How to find the GCF of 56216 and 56236?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56216 and 56236. After we will calculate the factors of 56216 and 56236 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56216

Prime factors of 56216 are 2, 7027. Prime factorization of 56216 in exponential form is:

56216 = 23 × 70271

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56236

Prime factors of 56236 are 2, 17, 827. Prime factorization of 56236 in exponential form is:

56236 = 22 × 171 × 8271

Step-3: Factors of 56216

List of positive integer factors of 56216 that divides 56216 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 7027, 14054, 28108

Step-4: Factors of 56236

List of positive integer factors of 56236 that divides 56216 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 827, 1654, 3308, 14059, 28118

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56216 and 56236. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56216 and 56236 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56216 and 56236