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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56928 and 56942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56928 and 56942 is 2.

GCF(56928,56942) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56928 and 56942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56928 and 56942.

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How to find the GCF of 56928 and 56942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56928 and 56942. After we will calculate the factors of 56928 and 56942 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 56942

Prime factors of 56942 are 2, 71, 401. Prime factorization of 56942 in exponential form is:

56942 = 21 × 711 × 4011

Step-3: Factors of 56928

List of positive integer factors of 56928 that divides 56928 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

Step-4: Factors of 56942

List of positive integer factors of 56942 that divides 56928 without a remainder.

1, 2, 71, 142, 401, 802, 28471

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56928 and 56942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56928 and 56942 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56928 and 56942