What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56396 and 56408?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56396 and 56408 is 4.

GCF(56396,56408) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56396 and 56408, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56396 and 56408.

How to find the GCF of 56396 and 56408?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56396 and 56408. After we will calculate the factors of 56396 and 56408 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56396

Prime factors of 56396 are 2, 23, 613. Prime factorization of 56396 in exponential form is:

56396 = 2² × 23¹ × 613¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56408

Prime factors of 56408 are 2, 11, 641. Prime factorization of 56408 in exponential form is:

56408 = 2³ × 11¹ × 641¹

Step-3: Factors of 56396

List of positive integer factors of 56396 that divides 56396 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 613, 1226, 2452, 14099, 28198

Step-4: Factors of 56408

List of positive integer factors of 56408 that divides 56396 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88, 641, 1282, 2564, 5128, 7051, 14102, 28204

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56396 and 56408. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56396 and 56408 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56396 and 56408