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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56998 and 57012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56998 and 57012 is 2.

GCF(56998,57012) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56998 and 57012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56998 and 57012.

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How to find the GCF of 56998 and 57012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56998 and 57012. After we will calculate the factors of 56998 and 57012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56998

Prime factors of 56998 are 2, 28499. Prime factorization of 56998 in exponential form is:

56998 = 21 × 284991

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 57012

Prime factors of 57012 are 2, 3, 4751. Prime factorization of 57012 in exponential form is:

57012 = 22 × 31 × 47511

Step-3: Factors of 56998

List of positive integer factors of 56998 that divides 56998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 28499

Step-4: Factors of 57012

List of positive integer factors of 57012 that divides 56998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 4751, 9502, 14253, 19004, 28506

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56998 and 57012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56998 and 57012 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56998 and 57012