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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56934 and 56942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56934 and 56942 is 2.

GCF(56934,56942) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56934 and 56942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56934 and 56942.

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How to find the GCF of 56934 and 56942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56934 and 56942. After we will calculate the factors of 56934 and 56942 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56934

Prime factors of 56934 are 2, 3, 3163. Prime factorization of 56934 in exponential form is:

56934 = 21 × 32 × 31631

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 56934

List of positive integer factors of 56934 that divides 56934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 3163, 6326, 9489, 18978, 28467

Step-4: Factors of 56942

List of positive integer factors of 56942 that divides 56934 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56934 and 56942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56934 and 56942 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56934 and 56942