What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56696 and 56702?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56696 and 56702 is 2.

GCF(56696,56702) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56696 and 56702, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56696 and 56702.

How to find the GCF of 56696 and 56702?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56696 and 56702. After we will calculate the factors of 56696 and 56702 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56696

Prime factors of 56696 are 2, 19, 373. Prime factorization of 56696 in exponential form is:

56696 = 2³ × 19¹ × 373¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56702

Prime factors of 56702 are 2, 28351. Prime factorization of 56702 in exponential form is:

56702 = 2¹ × 28351¹

Step-3: Factors of 56696

List of positive integer factors of 56696 that divides 56696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 19, 38, 76, 152, 373, 746, 1492, 2984, 7087, 14174, 28348

Step-4: Factors of 56702

List of positive integer factors of 56702 that divides 56696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 28351

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56696 and 56702. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56696 and 56702 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56696 and 56702