What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28036 and 28048?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28036 and 28048 is 4.

GCF(28036,28048) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28036 and 28048, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28036 and 28048.

How to find the GCF of 28036 and 28048?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28036 and 28048. After we will calculate the factors of 28036 and 28048 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 28048

Prime factors of 28048 are 2, 1753. Prime factorization of 28048 in exponential form is:

28048 = 2⁴ × 1753¹

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 28048

List of positive integer factors of 28048 that divides 28036 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1753, 3506, 7012, 14024

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28036 and 28048. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28036 and 28048 is 4.

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