What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28072 and 28076?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28072 and 28076 is 4.

GCF(28072,28076) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28072 and 28076, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28072 and 28076.

How to find the GCF of 28072 and 28076?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28072 and 28076. After we will calculate the factors of 28072 and 28076 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28072

Prime factors of 28072 are 2, 11, 29. Prime factorization of 28072 in exponential form is:

28072 = 2³ × 11² × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28076

Prime factors of 28076 are 2, 7019. Prime factorization of 28076 in exponential form is:

28076 = 2² × 7019¹

Step-3: Factors of 28072

List of positive integer factors of 28072 that divides 28072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 29, 44, 58, 88, 116, 121, 232, 242, 319, 484, 638, 968, 1276, 2552, 3509, 7018, 14036

Step-4: Factors of 28076

List of positive integer factors of 28076 that divides 28072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7019, 14038

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28072 and 28076. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28072 and 28076 is 4.

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