What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56402 and 56406?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56402 and 56406 is 2.

GCF(56402,56406) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56402 and 56406, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56402 and 56406.

How to find the GCF of 56402 and 56406?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56402 and 56406. After we will calculate the factors of 56402 and 56406 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56402

Prime factors of 56402 are 2, 28201. Prime factorization of 56402 in exponential form is:

56402 = 2¹ × 28201¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56406

Prime factors of 56406 are 2, 3, 7, 17, 79. Prime factorization of 56406 in exponential form is:

56406 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 56402

List of positive integer factors of 56402 that divides 56402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 28201

Step-4: Factors of 56406

List of positive integer factors of 56406 that divides 56402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 17, 21, 34, 42, 51, 79, 102, 119, 158, 237, 238, 357, 474, 553, 714, 1106, 1343, 1659, 2686, 3318, 4029, 8058, 9401, 18802, 28203

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56402 and 56406. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56402 and 56406 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56402 and 56406