What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56991 and 57004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56991 and 57004 is 1.

GCF(56991,57004) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56991 and 57004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56991 and 57004.

How to find the GCF of 56991 and 57004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56991 and 57004. After we will calculate the factors of 56991 and 57004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56991

Prime factors of 56991 are 3, 11, 157. Prime factorization of 56991 in exponential form is:

56991 = 3¹ × 11² × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 57004

Prime factors of 57004 are 2, 14251. Prime factorization of 57004 in exponential form is:

57004 = 2² × 14251¹

Step-3: Factors of 56991

List of positive integer factors of 56991 that divides 56991 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 121, 157, 363, 471, 1727, 5181, 18997

Step-4: Factors of 57004

List of positive integer factors of 57004 that divides 56991 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 14251, 28502

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56991 and 57004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56991 and 57004 is 1.

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