What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28568 and 28578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28568 and 28578 is 2.

GCF(28568,28578) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28568 and 28578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28568 and 28578.

How to find the GCF of 28568 and 28578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28568 and 28578. After we will calculate the factors of 28568 and 28578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28568

Prime factors of 28568 are 2, 3571. Prime factorization of 28568 in exponential form is:

28568 = 2³ × 3571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28578

Prime factors of 28578 are 2, 3, 11, 433. Prime factorization of 28578 in exponential form is:

28578 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 433¹

Step-3: Factors of 28568

List of positive integer factors of 28568 that divides 28568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 3571, 7142, 14284

Step-4: Factors of 28578

List of positive integer factors of 28578 that divides 28568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 433, 866, 1299, 2598, 4763, 9526, 14289

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28568 and 28578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28568 and 28578 is 2.

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