What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28236 and 28246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28236 and 28246 is 2.

GCF(28236,28246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28236 and 28246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28236 and 28246.

How to find the GCF of 28236 and 28246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28236 and 28246. After we will calculate the factors of 28236 and 28246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28236

Prime factors of 28236 are 2, 3, 13, 181. Prime factorization of 28236 in exponential form is:

28236 = 2² × 3¹ × 13¹ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28246

Prime factors of 28246 are 2, 29, 487. Prime factorization of 28246 in exponential form is:

28246 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 487¹

Step-3: Factors of 28236

List of positive integer factors of 28236 that divides 28236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 52, 78, 156, 181, 362, 543, 724, 1086, 2172, 2353, 4706, 7059, 9412, 14118

Step-4: Factors of 28246

List of positive integer factors of 28246 that divides 28236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 487, 974, 14123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28236 and 28246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28236 and 28246 is 2.

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