What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56918 and 56928?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56918 and 56928 is 2.

GCF(56918,56928) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56918 and 56928, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56918 and 56928.

How to find the GCF of 56918 and 56928?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56918 and 56928. After we will calculate the factors of 56918 and 56928 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56918

Prime factors of 56918 are 2, 149, 191. Prime factorization of 56918 in exponential form is:

56918 = 2¹ × 149¹ × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56928

Prime factors of 56928 are 2, 3, 593. Prime factorization of 56928 in exponential form is:

56928 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 593¹

Step-3: Factors of 56918

List of positive integer factors of 56918 that divides 56918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 149, 191, 298, 382, 28459

Step-4: Factors of 56928

List of positive integer factors of 56928 that divides 56918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 593, 1186, 1779, 2372, 3558, 4744, 7116, 9488, 14232, 18976, 28464

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56918 and 56928. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56918 and 56928 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56918 and 56928