What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28446 and 28456?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28446 and 28456 is 2.

GCF(28446,28456) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28446 and 28456, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28446 and 28456.

How to find the GCF of 28446 and 28456?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28446 and 28456. After we will calculate the factors of 28446 and 28456 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28446

Prime factors of 28446 are 2, 3, 11, 431. Prime factorization of 28446 in exponential form is:

28446 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 431¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28456

Prime factors of 28456 are 2, 3557. Prime factorization of 28456 in exponential form is:

28456 = 2³ × 3557¹

Step-3: Factors of 28446

List of positive integer factors of 28446 that divides 28446 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 431, 862, 1293, 2586, 4741, 9482, 14223

Step-4: Factors of 28456

List of positive integer factors of 28456 that divides 28446 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 3557, 7114, 14228

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28446 and 28456. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28446 and 28456 is 2.

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