What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56372 and 56384?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56372 and 56384 is 4.

GCF(56372,56384) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56372 and 56384, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56372 and 56384.

How to find the GCF of 56372 and 56384?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56372 and 56384. After we will calculate the factors of 56372 and 56384 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56372

Prime factors of 56372 are 2, 17, 829. Prime factorization of 56372 in exponential form is:

56372 = 2² × 17¹ × 829¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56384

Prime factors of 56384 are 2, 881. Prime factorization of 56384 in exponential form is:

56384 = 2⁶ × 881¹

Step-3: Factors of 56372

List of positive integer factors of 56372 that divides 56372 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 829, 1658, 3316, 14093, 28186

Step-4: Factors of 56384

List of positive integer factors of 56384 that divides 56372 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 881, 1762, 3524, 7048, 14096, 28192

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56372 and 56384. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56372 and 56384 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56372 and 56384