What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56391 and 56397?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56391 and 56397 is 3.

GCF(56391,56397) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56391 and 56397, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56391 and 56397.

How to find the GCF of 56391 and 56397?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56391 and 56397. After we will calculate the factors of 56391 and 56397 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56391

Prime factors of 56391 are 3, 18797. Prime factorization of 56391 in exponential form is:

56391 = 3¹ × 18797¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56397

Prime factors of 56397 are 3, 11, 1709. Prime factorization of 56397 in exponential form is:

56397 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1709¹

Step-3: Factors of 56391

List of positive integer factors of 56391 that divides 56391 without a remainder.

1, 3, 18797

Step-4: Factors of 56397

List of positive integer factors of 56397 that divides 56391 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1709, 5127, 18799

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56391 and 56397. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56391 and 56397 is 3.

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