What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28470 and 28488?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28470 and 28488 is 6.

GCF(28470,28488) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28470 and 28488, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28470 and 28488.

How to find the GCF of 28470 and 28488?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28470 and 28488. After we will calculate the factors of 28470 and 28488 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28470

Prime factors of 28470 are 2, 3, 5, 13, 73. Prime factorization of 28470 in exponential form is:

28470 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 13¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28488

Prime factors of 28488 are 2, 3, 1187. Prime factorization of 28488 in exponential form is:

28488 = 2³ × 3¹ × 1187¹

Step-3: Factors of 28470

List of positive integer factors of 28470 that divides 28470 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 13, 15, 26, 30, 39, 65, 73, 78, 130, 146, 195, 219, 365, 390, 438, 730, 949, 1095, 1898, 2190, 2847, 4745, 5694, 9490, 14235

Step-4: Factors of 28488

List of positive integer factors of 28488 that divides 28470 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 1187, 2374, 3561, 4748, 7122, 9496, 14244

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28470 and 28488. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28470 and 28488 is 6.

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