What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5696 and 5716?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5696 and 5716 is 4.

GCF(5696,5716) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5696 and 5716, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5696 and 5716.

How to find the GCF of 5696 and 5716?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5696 and 5716. After we will calculate the factors of 5696 and 5716 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5696

Prime factors of 5696 are 2, 89. Prime factorization of 5696 in exponential form is:

5696 = 2⁶ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5716

Prime factors of 5716 are 2, 1429. Prime factorization of 5716 in exponential form is:

5716 = 2² × 1429¹

Step-3: Factors of 5696

List of positive integer factors of 5696 that divides 5696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 89, 178, 356, 712, 1424, 2848

Step-4: Factors of 5716

List of positive integer factors of 5716 that divides 5696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 1429, 2858

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5696 and 5716. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5696 and 5716 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5696 and 5716