What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28304 and 28318?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28304 and 28318 is 2.

GCF(28304,28318) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28304 and 28318, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28304 and 28318.

How to find the GCF of 28304 and 28318?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28304 and 28318. After we will calculate the factors of 28304 and 28318 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28304

Prime factors of 28304 are 2, 29, 61. Prime factorization of 28304 in exponential form is:

28304 = 2⁴ × 29¹ × 61¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28318

Prime factors of 28318 are 2, 14159. Prime factorization of 28318 in exponential form is:

28318 = 2¹ × 14159¹

Step-3: Factors of 28304

List of positive integer factors of 28304 that divides 28304 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 29, 58, 61, 116, 122, 232, 244, 464, 488, 976, 1769, 3538, 7076, 14152

Step-4: Factors of 28318

List of positive integer factors of 28318 that divides 28304 without a remainder.

1, 2, 14159

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28304 and 28318. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28304 and 28318 is 2.

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