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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56871 and 56877?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56871 and 56877 is 3.

GCF(56871,56877) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56871 and 56877, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56871 and 56877.

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How to find the GCF of 56871 and 56877?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56871 and 56877. After we will calculate the factors of 56871 and 56877 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56871

Prime factors of 56871 are 3, 71, 89. Prime factorization of 56871 in exponential form is:

56871 = 32 × 711 × 891

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56877

Prime factors of 56877 are 3, 18959. Prime factorization of 56877 in exponential form is:

56877 = 31 × 189591

Step-3: Factors of 56871

List of positive integer factors of 56871 that divides 56871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 71, 89, 213, 267, 639, 801, 6319, 18957

Step-4: Factors of 56877

List of positive integer factors of 56877 that divides 56871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 18959

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56871 and 56877. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56871 and 56877 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56871 and 56877