What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28684 and 28696?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28684 and 28696 is 4.

GCF(28684,28696) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28684 and 28696, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28684 and 28696.

How to find the GCF of 28684 and 28696?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28684 and 28696. After we will calculate the factors of 28684 and 28696 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28684

Prime factors of 28684 are 2, 71, 101. Prime factorization of 28684 in exponential form is:

28684 = 2² × 71¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28696

Prime factors of 28696 are 2, 17, 211. Prime factorization of 28696 in exponential form is:

28696 = 2³ × 17¹ × 211¹

Step-3: Factors of 28684

List of positive integer factors of 28684 that divides 28684 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 71, 101, 142, 202, 284, 404, 7171, 14342

Step-4: Factors of 28696

List of positive integer factors of 28696 that divides 28684 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 68, 136, 211, 422, 844, 1688, 3587, 7174, 14348

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28684 and 28696. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28684 and 28696 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28684 and 28696