What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28618 and 28624?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28618 and 28624 is 2.

GCF(28618,28624) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28618 and 28624, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28618 and 28624.

How to find the GCF of 28618 and 28624?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28618 and 28624. After we will calculate the factors of 28618 and 28624 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28618

Prime factors of 28618 are 2, 41, 349. Prime factorization of 28618 in exponential form is:

28618 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 349¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28624

Prime factors of 28624 are 2, 1789. Prime factorization of 28624 in exponential form is:

28624 = 2⁴ × 1789¹

Step-3: Factors of 28618

List of positive integer factors of 28618 that divides 28618 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 349, 698, 14309

Step-4: Factors of 28624

List of positive integer factors of 28624 that divides 28618 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1789, 3578, 7156, 14312

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28618 and 28624. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28618 and 28624 is 2.

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