What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28270 and 28278?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28270 and 28278 is 2.

GCF(28270,28278) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28270 and 28278, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28270 and 28278.

How to find the GCF of 28270 and 28278?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28270 and 28278. After we will calculate the factors of 28270 and 28278 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28270

Prime factors of 28270 are 2, 5, 11, 257. Prime factorization of 28270 in exponential form is:

28270 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 257¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28278

Prime factors of 28278 are 2, 3, 1571. Prime factorization of 28278 in exponential form is:

28278 = 2¹ × 3² × 1571¹

Step-3: Factors of 28270

List of positive integer factors of 28270 that divides 28270 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 55, 110, 257, 514, 1285, 2570, 2827, 5654, 14135

Step-4: Factors of 28278

List of positive integer factors of 28278 that divides 28270 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1571, 3142, 4713, 9426, 14139

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28270 and 28278. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28270 and 28278 is 2.

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