What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56356 and 56370?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56356 and 56370 is 2.

GCF(56356,56370) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56356 and 56370, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56356 and 56370.

How to find the GCF of 56356 and 56370?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56356 and 56370. After we will calculate the factors of 56356 and 56370 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56356

Prime factors of 56356 are 2, 73, 193. Prime factorization of 56356 in exponential form is:

56356 = 2² × 73¹ × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56370

Prime factors of 56370 are 2, 3, 5, 1879. Prime factorization of 56370 in exponential form is:

56370 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 1879¹

Step-3: Factors of 56356

List of positive integer factors of 56356 that divides 56356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 73, 146, 193, 292, 386, 772, 14089, 28178

Step-4: Factors of 56370

List of positive integer factors of 56370 that divides 56356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 1879, 3758, 5637, 9395, 11274, 18790, 28185

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56356 and 56370. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56356 and 56370 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56356 and 56370