What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28162 and 28176?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28162 and 28176 is 2.

GCF(28162,28176) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28162 and 28176, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28162 and 28176.

How to find the GCF of 28162 and 28176?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28162 and 28176. After we will calculate the factors of 28162 and 28176 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28162

Prime factors of 28162 are 2, 14081. Prime factorization of 28162 in exponential form is:

28162 = 2¹ × 14081¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28176

Prime factors of 28176 are 2, 3, 587. Prime factorization of 28176 in exponential form is:

28176 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 587¹

Step-3: Factors of 28162

List of positive integer factors of 28162 that divides 28162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 14081

Step-4: Factors of 28176

List of positive integer factors of 28176 that divides 28162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 587, 1174, 1761, 2348, 3522, 4696, 7044, 9392, 14088

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28162 and 28176. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28162 and 28176 is 2.

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