What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56885 and 56900?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56885 and 56900 is 5.

GCF(56885,56900) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56885 and 56900, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56885 and 56900.

How to find the GCF of 56885 and 56900?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56885 and 56900. After we will calculate the factors of 56885 and 56900 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56885

Prime factors of 56885 are 5, 31, 367. Prime factorization of 56885 in exponential form is:

56885 = 5¹ × 31¹ × 367¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56900

Prime factors of 56900 are 2, 5, 569. Prime factorization of 56900 in exponential form is:

56900 = 2² × 5² × 569¹

Step-3: Factors of 56885

List of positive integer factors of 56885 that divides 56885 without a remainder.

1, 5, 31, 155, 367, 1835, 11377

Step-4: Factors of 56900

List of positive integer factors of 56900 that divides 56885 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 569, 1138, 2276, 2845, 5690, 11380, 14225, 28450

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56885 and 56900. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56885 and 56900 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56885 and 56900