Question

Find the GCF of 56 and 96. Show your work

Answer 1

To get the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 56 and 96 we need to factor each value first and then we choose all the copies of factors and multiply them:

56: 2 2 2 7
96: 2 2 2 2 2 3
GCF: 2 2 2
The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) is: 2 x 2 x 2 = 8