What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56508 and 56526?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56508 and 56526 is 6.

GCF(56508,56526) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56508 and 56526, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56508 and 56526.

How to find the GCF of 56508 and 56526?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56508 and 56526. After we will calculate the factors of 56508 and 56526 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56508

Prime factors of 56508 are 2, 3, 17, 277. Prime factorization of 56508 in exponential form is:

56508 = 2² × 3¹ × 17¹ × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56526

Prime factors of 56526 are 2, 3, 9421. Prime factorization of 56526 in exponential form is:

56526 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 9421¹

Step-3: Factors of 56508

List of positive integer factors of 56508 that divides 56508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 34, 51, 68, 102, 204, 277, 554, 831, 1108, 1662, 3324, 4709, 9418, 14127, 18836, 28254

Step-4: Factors of 56526

List of positive integer factors of 56526 that divides 56508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9421, 18842, 28263

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56508 and 56526. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56508 and 56526 is 6.

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