What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56562 and 56566?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56562 and 56566 is 2.

GCF(56562,56566) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56562 and 56566, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56562 and 56566.

How to find the GCF of 56562 and 56566?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56562 and 56566. After we will calculate the factors of 56562 and 56566 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56562

Prime factors of 56562 are 2, 3, 11, 857. Prime factorization of 56562 in exponential form is:

56562 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 857¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56566

Prime factors of 56566 are 2, 28283. Prime factorization of 56566 in exponential form is:

56566 = 2¹ × 28283¹

Step-3: Factors of 56562

List of positive integer factors of 56562 that divides 56562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 857, 1714, 2571, 5142, 9427, 18854, 28281

Step-4: Factors of 56566

List of positive integer factors of 56566 that divides 56562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 28283

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56562 and 56566. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56562 and 56566 is 2.

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