What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56300 and 56318?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56300 and 56318 is 2.

GCF(56300,56318) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56300 and 56318, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56300 and 56318.

How to find the GCF of 56300 and 56318?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56300 and 56318. After we will calculate the factors of 56300 and 56318 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56300

Prime factors of 56300 are 2, 5, 563. Prime factorization of 56300 in exponential form is:

56300 = 2² × 5² × 563¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56318

Prime factors of 56318 are 2, 29, 971. Prime factorization of 56318 in exponential form is:

56318 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 971¹

Step-3: Factors of 56300

List of positive integer factors of 56300 that divides 56300 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 563, 1126, 2252, 2815, 5630, 11260, 14075, 28150

Step-4: Factors of 56318

List of positive integer factors of 56318 that divides 56300 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 971, 1942, 28159

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56300 and 56318. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56300 and 56318 is 2.

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