What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28396 and 28412?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28396 and 28412 is 4.

GCF(28396,28412) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28396 and 28412, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28396 and 28412.

How to find the GCF of 28396 and 28412?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28396 and 28412. After we will calculate the factors of 28396 and 28412 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 28412

Prime factors of 28412 are 2, 7103. Prime factorization of 28412 in exponential form is:

28412 = 2² × 7103¹

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 28412

List of positive integer factors of 28412 that divides 28396 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7103, 14206

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28396 and 28412. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28396 and 28412 is 4.

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