What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28162 and 28178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28162 and 28178 is 2.

GCF(28162,28178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28162 and 28178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28162 and 28178.

How to find the GCF of 28162 and 28178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28162 and 28178. After we will calculate the factors of 28162 and 28178 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 28178

Prime factors of 28178 are 2, 73, 193. Prime factorization of 28178 in exponential form is:

28178 = 2¹ × 73¹ × 193¹

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 28178

List of positive integer factors of 28178 that divides 28162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 73, 146, 193, 386, 14089

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28162 and 28178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28162 and 28178 is 2.

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