What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28178 and 28198?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28178 and 28198 is 2.

GCF(28178,28198) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28178 and 28198, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28178 and 28198.

How to find the GCF of 28178 and 28198?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28178 and 28198. After we will calculate the factors of 28178 and 28198 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 28198

Prime factors of 28198 are 2, 23, 613. Prime factorization of 28198 in exponential form is:

28198 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 613¹

Step-3: Factors of 28178

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 28198

List of positive integer factors of 28198 that divides 28178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 613, 1226, 14099

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28178 and 28198. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28178 and 28198 is 2.

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