What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56990 and 56994?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56990 and 56994 is 2.

GCF(56990,56994) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56990 and 56994, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56990 and 56994.

How to find the GCF of 56990 and 56994?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56990 and 56994. After we will calculate the factors of 56990 and 56994 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56990

Prime factors of 56990 are 2, 5, 41, 139. Prime factorization of 56990 in exponential form is:

56990 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 41¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56994

Prime factors of 56994 are 2, 3, 7, 23, 59. Prime factorization of 56994 in exponential form is:

56994 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 23¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 56990

List of positive integer factors of 56990 that divides 56990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 41, 82, 139, 205, 278, 410, 695, 1390, 5699, 11398, 28495

Step-4: Factors of 56994

List of positive integer factors of 56994 that divides 56990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 23, 42, 46, 59, 69, 118, 138, 161, 177, 322, 354, 413, 483, 826, 966, 1239, 1357, 2478, 2714, 4071, 8142, 9499, 18998, 28497

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56990 and 56994. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56990 and 56994 is 2.

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