What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56572 and 56580?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56572 and 56580 is 4.

GCF(56572,56580) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56572 and 56580, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56572 and 56580.

How to find the GCF of 56572 and 56580?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56572 and 56580. After we will calculate the factors of 56572 and 56580 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56572

Prime factors of 56572 are 2, 14143. Prime factorization of 56572 in exponential form is:

56572 = 2² × 14143¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56580

Prime factors of 56580 are 2, 3, 5, 23, 41. Prime factorization of 56580 in exponential form is:

56580 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 23¹ × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 56572

List of positive integer factors of 56572 that divides 56572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 14143, 28286

Step-4: Factors of 56580

List of positive integer factors of 56580 that divides 56572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 23, 30, 41, 46, 60, 69, 82, 92, 115, 123, 138, 164, 205, 230, 246, 276, 345, 410, 460, 492, 615, 690, 820, 943, 1230, 1380, 1886, 2460, 2829, 3772, 4715, 5658, 9430, 11316, 14145, 18860, 28290

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56572 and 56580. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56572 and 56580 is 4.

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