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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28472 and 28488?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28472 and 28488 is 8.

GCF(28472,28488) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28472 and 28488, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28472 and 28488.

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How to find the GCF of 28472 and 28488?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28472 and 28488. After we will calculate the factors of 28472 and 28488 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28472

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

28472 = 23 × 35591

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 28472

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 28488

List of positive integer factors of 28488 that divides 28472 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 28472 and 28488. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28472 and 28488 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28472 and 28488