What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28406 and 28422?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28406 and 28422 is 2.

GCF(28406,28422) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28406 and 28422, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28406 and 28422.

How to find the GCF of 28406 and 28422?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28406 and 28422. After we will calculate the factors of 28406 and 28422 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28406

Prime factors of 28406 are 2, 7, 2029. Prime factorization of 28406 in exponential form is:

28406 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2029¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28422

Prime factors of 28422 are 2, 3, 1579. Prime factorization of 28422 in exponential form is:

28422 = 2¹ × 3² × 1579¹

Step-3: Factors of 28406

List of positive integer factors of 28406 that divides 28406 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2029, 4058, 14203

Step-4: Factors of 28422

List of positive integer factors of 28422 that divides 28406 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1579, 3158, 4737, 9474, 14211

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28406 and 28422. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28406 and 28422 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28406 and 28422