What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28662 and 28666?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28662 and 28666 is 2.

GCF(28662,28666) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28662 and 28666, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28662 and 28666.

How to find the GCF of 28662 and 28666?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28662 and 28666. After we will calculate the factors of 28662 and 28666 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28662

Prime factors of 28662 are 2, 3, 17, 281. Prime factorization of 28662 in exponential form is:

28662 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28666

Prime factors of 28666 are 2, 11, 1303. Prime factorization of 28666 in exponential form is:

28666 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1303¹

Step-3: Factors of 28662

List of positive integer factors of 28662 that divides 28662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 281, 562, 843, 1686, 4777, 9554, 14331

Step-4: Factors of 28666

List of positive integer factors of 28666 that divides 28662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1303, 2606, 14333

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28662 and 28666. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28662 and 28666 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28662 and 28666