What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28036 and 28042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28036 and 28042 is 2.

GCF(28036,28042) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28036 and 28042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28036 and 28042.

How to find the GCF of 28036 and 28042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28036 and 28042. After we will calculate the factors of 28036 and 28042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28036

Prime factors of 28036 are 2, 43, 163. Prime factorization of 28036 in exponential form is:

28036 = 2² × 43¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28042

Prime factors of 28042 are 2, 7, 2003. Prime factorization of 28042 in exponential form is:

28042 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2003¹

Step-3: Factors of 28036

List of positive integer factors of 28036 that divides 28036 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 43, 86, 163, 172, 326, 652, 7009, 14018

Step-4: Factors of 28042

List of positive integer factors of 28042 that divides 28036 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2003, 4006, 14021

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28036 and 28042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28036 and 28042 is 2.

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