What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28020 and 28038?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28020 and 28038 is 6.

GCF(28020,28038) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28020 and 28038, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28020 and 28038.

How to find the GCF of 28020 and 28038?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28020 and 28038. After we will calculate the factors of 28020 and 28038 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28020

Prime factors of 28020 are 2, 3, 5, 467. Prime factorization of 28020 in exponential form is:

28020 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 467¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28038

Prime factors of 28038 are 2, 3, 4673. Prime factorization of 28038 in exponential form is:

28038 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 4673¹

Step-3: Factors of 28020

List of positive integer factors of 28020 that divides 28020 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 467, 934, 1401, 1868, 2335, 2802, 4670, 5604, 7005, 9340, 14010

Step-4: Factors of 28038

List of positive integer factors of 28038 that divides 28020 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4673, 9346, 14019

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28020 and 28038. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28020 and 28038 is 6.

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