What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56962 and 56971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56962 and 56971 is 1.

GCF(56962,56971) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56962 and 56971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56962 and 56971.

How to find the GCF of 56962 and 56971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56962 and 56971. After we will calculate the factors of 56962 and 56971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56962

Prime factors of 56962 are 2, 19, 1499. Prime factorization of 56962 in exponential form is:

56962 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 1499¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56971

Prime factors of 56971 are 23, 2477. Prime factorization of 56971 in exponential form is:

56971 = 23¹ × 2477¹

Step-3: Factors of 56962

List of positive integer factors of 56962 that divides 56962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 1499, 2998, 28481

Step-4: Factors of 56971

List of positive integer factors of 56971 that divides 56962 without a remainder.

1, 23, 2477

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56962 and 56971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56962 and 56971 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56962 and 56971