What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28396 and 28402?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28396 and 28402 is 2.

GCF(28396,28402) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28396 and 28402, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28396 and 28402.

How to find the GCF of 28396 and 28402?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28396 and 28402. After we will calculate the factors of 28396 and 28402 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28396

Prime factors of 28396 are 2, 31, 229. Prime factorization of 28396 in exponential form is:

28396 = 2² × 31¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28402

Prime factors of 28402 are 2, 11, 1291. Prime factorization of 28402 in exponential form is:

28402 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1291¹

Step-3: Factors of 28396

List of positive integer factors of 28396 that divides 28396 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124, 229, 458, 916, 7099, 14198

Step-4: Factors of 28402

List of positive integer factors of 28402 that divides 28396 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1291, 2582, 14201

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28396 and 28402. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28396 and 28402 is 2.

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