What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56336 and 56344?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56336 and 56344 is 8.

GCF(56336,56344) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56336 and 56344, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56336 and 56344.

How to find the GCF of 56336 and 56344?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56336 and 56344. After we will calculate the factors of 56336 and 56344 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 56344

Prime factors of 56344 are 2, 7043. Prime factorization of 56344 in exponential form is:

56344 = 2³ × 7043¹

Step-3: Factors of 56336

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 56344

List of positive integer factors of 56344 that divides 56336 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 7043, 14086, 28172

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56336 and 56344. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56336 and 56344 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56336 and 56344