What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56984 and 57001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56984 and 57001 is 17.

GCF(56984,57001) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56984 and 57001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56984 and 57001.

How to find the GCF of 56984 and 57001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56984 and 57001. After we will calculate the factors of 56984 and 57001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56984

Prime factors of 56984 are 2, 17, 419. Prime factorization of 56984 in exponential form is:

56984 = 2³ × 17¹ × 419¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 57001

Prime factors of 57001 are 7, 17, 479. Prime factorization of 57001 in exponential form is:

57001 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 479¹

Step-3: Factors of 56984

List of positive integer factors of 56984 that divides 56984 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 68, 136, 419, 838, 1676, 3352, 7123, 14246, 28492

Step-4: Factors of 57001

List of positive integer factors of 57001 that divides 56984 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 119, 479, 3353, 8143

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56984 and 57001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56984 and 57001 is 17.

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