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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56722 and 56740?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56722 and 56740 is 2.

GCF(56722,56740) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56722 and 56740, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56722 and 56740.

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How to find the GCF of 56722 and 56740?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56722 and 56740. After we will calculate the factors of 56722 and 56740 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56722

Prime factors of 56722 are 2, 79, 359. Prime factorization of 56722 in exponential form is:

56722 = 21 × 791 × 3591

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56740

Prime factors of 56740 are 2, 5, 2837. Prime factorization of 56740 in exponential form is:

56740 = 22 × 51 × 28371

Step-3: Factors of 56722

List of positive integer factors of 56722 that divides 56722 without a remainder.

1, 2, 79, 158, 359, 718, 28361

Step-4: Factors of 56740

List of positive integer factors of 56740 that divides 56722 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2837, 5674, 11348, 14185, 28370

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56722 and 56740. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56722 and 56740 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56722 and 56740