What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56902 and 56916?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56902 and 56916 is 2.

GCF(56902,56916) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56902 and 56916, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56902 and 56916.

How to find the GCF of 56902 and 56916?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56902 and 56916. After we will calculate the factors of 56902 and 56916 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56902

Prime factors of 56902 are 2, 23, 1237. Prime factorization of 56902 in exponential form is:

56902 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1237¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56916

Prime factors of 56916 are 2, 3, 17, 31. Prime factorization of 56916 in exponential form is:

56916 = 2² × 3³ × 17¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 56902

List of positive integer factors of 56902 that divides 56902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1237, 2474, 28451

Step-4: Factors of 56916

List of positive integer factors of 56916 that divides 56902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 17, 18, 27, 31, 34, 36, 51, 54, 62, 68, 93, 102, 108, 124, 153, 186, 204, 279, 306, 372, 459, 527, 558, 612, 837, 918, 1054, 1116, 1581, 1674, 1836, 2108, 3162, 3348, 4743, 6324, 9486, 14229, 18972, 28458

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56902 and 56916. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56902 and 56916 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56902 and 56916