What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28466 and 28472?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28466 and 28472 is 2.

GCF(28466,28472) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28466 and 28472, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28466 and 28472.

How to find the GCF of 28466 and 28472?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28466 and 28472. After we will calculate the factors of 28466 and 28472 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28466

Prime factors of 28466 are 2, 43, 331. Prime factorization of 28466 in exponential form is:

28466 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 331¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28472

Prime factors of 28472 are 2, 3559. Prime factorization of 28472 in exponential form is:

28472 = 2³ × 3559¹

Step-3: Factors of 28466

List of positive integer factors of 28466 that divides 28466 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 331, 662, 14233

Step-4: Factors of 28472

List of positive integer factors of 28472 that divides 28466 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 3559, 7118, 14236

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28466 and 28472. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28466 and 28472 is 2.

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