What is the least common factor of 56 and 58?

To answer the question, "What is the least common factor of 56 and 58?", we will start by defining and listing factors of 56 and 58.

Factors of 56 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 56. Likewise, factors of 58 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 58.

The factors of 56 are 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, and 56.

The factors 58 are 1, 2, 29, and 58.

When you ask, "What is the least common factor of 56 and 58?", least is the key word here. Least means smallest. Thus, the smallest or least common factor that 56 and 58 have in common is 1.

Note that all integers, such as 56 and 58, have 1 as one of its factors. Thus, the answer to the least common factor of any two integers greater than 0 will always be 1.

Now that you know the least common factor of 56 and 58, you may also be interested in knowing the greatest common factor of 56 and 58. The greatest factor 56 and 58 have in common, per the list above, is 2.

When you asked for the least common factor of 56 and 58, did you mean least common multiple? If so, the least common multiple of 56 and 58 is 1624.

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