What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56324 and 56336?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56324 and 56336 is 4.

GCF(56324,56336) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56324 and 56336, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56324 and 56336.

How to find the GCF of 56324 and 56336?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56324 and 56336. After we will calculate the factors of 56324 and 56336 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56324

Prime factors of 56324 are 2, 14081. Prime factorization of 56324 in exponential form is:

56324 = 2² × 14081¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56336

Prime factors of 56336 are 2, 7, 503. Prime factorization of 56336 in exponential form is:

56336 = 2⁴ × 7¹ × 503¹

Step-3: Factors of 56324

List of positive integer factors of 56324 that divides 56324 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 14081, 28162

Step-4: Factors of 56336

List of positive integer factors of 56336 that divides 56324 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 112, 503, 1006, 2012, 3521, 4024, 7042, 8048, 14084, 28168

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56324 and 56336. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56324 and 56336 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56324 and 56336