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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56961 and 56976?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56961 and 56976 is 3.

GCF(56961,56976) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56961 and 56976, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56961 and 56976.

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How to find the GCF of 56961 and 56976?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56961 and 56976. After we will calculate the factors of 56961 and 56976 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56961

Prime factors of 56961 are 3, 6329. Prime factorization of 56961 in exponential form is:

56961 = 32 × 63291

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56976

Prime factors of 56976 are 2, 3, 1187. Prime factorization of 56976 in exponential form is:

56976 = 24 × 31 × 11871

Step-3: Factors of 56961

List of positive integer factors of 56961 that divides 56961 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 6329, 18987

Step-4: Factors of 56976

List of positive integer factors of 56976 that divides 56961 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 1187, 2374, 3561, 4748, 7122, 9496, 14244, 18992, 28488

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56961 and 56976. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56961 and 56976 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56961 and 56976