What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56334 and 56342?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56334 and 56342 is 2.

GCF(56334,56342) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56334 and 56342, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56334 and 56342.

How to find the GCF of 56334 and 56342?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56334 and 56342. After we will calculate the factors of 56334 and 56342 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56334

Prime factors of 56334 are 2, 3, 41, 229. Prime factorization of 56334 in exponential form is:

56334 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 41¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56342

Prime factors of 56342 are 2, 11, 13, 197. Prime factorization of 56342 in exponential form is:

56342 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 56334

List of positive integer factors of 56334 that divides 56334 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 41, 82, 123, 229, 246, 458, 687, 1374, 9389, 18778, 28167

Step-4: Factors of 56342

List of positive integer factors of 56342 that divides 56334 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 13, 22, 26, 143, 197, 286, 394, 2167, 2561, 4334, 5122, 28171

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56334 and 56342. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56334 and 56342 is 2.

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