What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28562 and 28566?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28562 and 28566 is 2.

GCF(28562,28566) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28562 and 28566, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28562 and 28566.

How to find the GCF of 28562 and 28566?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28562 and 28566. After we will calculate the factors of 28562 and 28566 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28562

Prime factors of 28562 are 2, 14281. Prime factorization of 28562 in exponential form is:

28562 = 2¹ × 14281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28566

Prime factors of 28566 are 2, 3, 23. Prime factorization of 28566 in exponential form is:

28566 = 2¹ × 3³ × 23²

Step-3: Factors of 28562

List of positive integer factors of 28562 that divides 28562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 14281

Step-4: Factors of 28566

List of positive integer factors of 28566 that divides 28562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 23, 27, 46, 54, 69, 138, 207, 414, 529, 621, 1058, 1242, 1587, 3174, 4761, 9522, 14283

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28562 and 28566. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28562 and 28566 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28562 and 28566