What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28522 and 28526?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28522 and 28526 is 2.

GCF(28522,28526) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28522 and 28526, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28522 and 28526.

How to find the GCF of 28522 and 28526?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28522 and 28526. After we will calculate the factors of 28522 and 28526 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28522

Prime factors of 28522 are 2, 13, 1097. Prime factorization of 28522 in exponential form is:

28522 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 1097¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28526

Prime factors of 28526 are 2, 17, 839. Prime factorization of 28526 in exponential form is:

28526 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 839¹

Step-3: Factors of 28522

List of positive integer factors of 28522 that divides 28522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 1097, 2194, 14261

Step-4: Factors of 28526

List of positive integer factors of 28526 that divides 28522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 839, 1678, 14263

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28522 and 28526. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28522 and 28526 is 2.

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