What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56648 and 56668?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56648 and 56668 is 4.

GCF(56648,56668) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56648 and 56668, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56648 and 56668.

How to find the GCF of 56648 and 56668?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56648 and 56668. After we will calculate the factors of 56648 and 56668 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56648

Prime factors of 56648 are 2, 73, 97. Prime factorization of 56648 in exponential form is:

56648 = 2³ × 73¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56668

Prime factors of 56668 are 2, 31, 457. Prime factorization of 56668 in exponential form is:

56668 = 2² × 31¹ × 457¹

Step-3: Factors of 56648

List of positive integer factors of 56648 that divides 56648 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 73, 97, 146, 194, 292, 388, 584, 776, 7081, 14162, 28324

Step-4: Factors of 56668

List of positive integer factors of 56668 that divides 56648 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124, 457, 914, 1828, 14167, 28334

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56648 and 56668. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56648 and 56668 is 4.

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