The first step to this method of finding the Greatest Common Factor of 36 and 56 is to find and list all the factors of each number. Again, you can see how this is done by looking at the “Factors of” articles that are linked to above.
See Also
GCF of 56 and 35 | How to Find GCF of 56, 35?GCF of 56 and 64 | How to Find GCF of 56, 64?GCF of 32 and 56 | How to Find GCF of 32, 56?GCF of 54 and 32 | How to Find GCF of 54, 32?Let’s take a look at the factors for each of these numbers, 36 and 56:
Factors of 36: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36
Factors of 56: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56
When you compare the two lists of factors, you can see that the common factor(s) are 1, 2, 4. Since 4 is the largest of these common factors, the GCF of 36 and 56 would be 4.
