What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56342 and 56360?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56342 and 56360 is 2.

GCF(56342,56360) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56342 and 56360, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56342 and 56360.

How to find the GCF of 56342 and 56360?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56342 and 56360. After we will calculate the factors of 56342 and 56360 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 56360

Prime factors of 56360 are 2, 5, 1409. Prime factorization of 56360 in exponential form is:

56360 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1409¹

Step-3: Factors of 56342

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 56360

List of positive integer factors of 56360 that divides 56342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1409, 2818, 5636, 7045, 11272, 14090, 28180

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56342 and 56360. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56342 and 56360 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56342 and 56360