What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56896 and 56903?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56896 and 56903 is 7.

GCF(56896,56903) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56896 and 56903, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56896 and 56903.

How to find the GCF of 56896 and 56903?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56896 and 56903. After we will calculate the factors of 56896 and 56903 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56896

Prime factors of 56896 are 2, 7, 127. Prime factorization of 56896 in exponential form is:

56896 = 2⁶ × 7¹ × 127¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56903

Prime factors of 56903 are 7, 11, 739. Prime factorization of 56903 in exponential form is:

56903 = 7¹ × 11¹ × 739¹

Step-3: Factors of 56896

List of positive integer factors of 56896 that divides 56896 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 56, 64, 112, 127, 224, 254, 448, 508, 889, 1016, 1778, 2032, 3556, 4064, 7112, 8128, 14224, 28448

Step-4: Factors of 56903

List of positive integer factors of 56903 that divides 56896 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11, 77, 739, 5173, 8129

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56896 and 56903. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56896 and 56903 is 7.

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