What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28720 and 28738?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28720 and 28738 is 2.

GCF(28720,28738) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28720 and 28738, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28720 and 28738.

How to find the GCF of 28720 and 28738?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28720 and 28738. After we will calculate the factors of 28720 and 28738 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28720

Prime factors of 28720 are 2, 5, 359. Prime factorization of 28720 in exponential form is:

28720 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28738

Prime factors of 28738 are 2, 14369. Prime factorization of 28738 in exponential form is:

28738 = 2¹ × 14369¹

Step-3: Factors of 28720

List of positive integer factors of 28720 that divides 28720 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 359, 718, 1436, 1795, 2872, 3590, 5744, 7180, 14360

Step-4: Factors of 28738

List of positive integer factors of 28738 that divides 28720 without a remainder.

1, 2, 14369

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28720 and 28738. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28720 and 28738 is 2.

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