Greatest Common Factor of 56 and 13736
GCF(56, 13736) = 8, Greatest common factor of 56 and 13736 is 8. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 56 and 13736. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 56 and 13736 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 56 and 13736.
Prime Factorization of 56 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 7 and Prime Factorization of 13736 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 17, 101.
- Factorize\( (56) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 7\)
- Factorize\( (13736) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 17\times 101\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(56, 13736) = 1\times 2\times 2\times 2 = 8\).
Greatest Common Factor of 56 and 13736 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 56 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56
List of positive integers factors of 13736 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 68, 101, 136, 202, 404, 808, 1717, 3434, 6868, 13736
As you can see, 8 is the greatest and common number that 56 and 13736 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 56 and 13736 is 8.
\(GCF(56, 13736) = 8\).
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