What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28708 and 28712?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28708 and 28712 is 4.

GCF(28708,28712) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28708 and 28712, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28708 and 28712.

How to find the GCF of 28708 and 28712?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28708 and 28712. After we will calculate the factors of 28708 and 28712 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28708

Prime factors of 28708 are 2, 7177. Prime factorization of 28708 in exponential form is:

28708 = 2² × 7177¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28712

Prime factors of 28712 are 2, 37, 97. Prime factorization of 28712 in exponential form is:

28712 = 2³ × 37¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 28708

List of positive integer factors of 28708 that divides 28708 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7177, 14354

Step-4: Factors of 28712

List of positive integer factors of 28712 that divides 28708 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 37, 74, 97, 148, 194, 296, 388, 776, 3589, 7178, 14356

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28708 and 28712. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28708 and 28712 is 4.

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