What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56542 and 56551?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56542 and 56551 is 1.

GCF(56542,56551) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56542 and 56551, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56542 and 56551.

How to find the GCF of 56542 and 56551?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56542 and 56551. After we will calculate the factors of 56542 and 56551 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56542

Prime factors of 56542 are 2, 17, 1663. Prime factorization of 56542 in exponential form is:

56542 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1663¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56551

Prime factors of 56551 are 11, 53, 97. Prime factorization of 56551 in exponential form is:

56551 = 11¹ × 53¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 56542

List of positive integer factors of 56542 that divides 56542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1663, 3326, 28271

Step-4: Factors of 56551

List of positive integer factors of 56551 that divides 56542 without a remainder.

1, 11, 53, 97, 583, 1067, 5141

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56542 and 56551. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56542 and 56551 is 1.

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