What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28772 and 28790?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28772 and 28790 is 2.

GCF(28772,28790) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28772 and 28790, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28772 and 28790.

How to find the GCF of 28772 and 28790?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28772 and 28790. After we will calculate the factors of 28772 and 28790 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28772

Prime factors of 28772 are 2, 7193. Prime factorization of 28772 in exponential form is:

28772 = 2² × 7193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28790

Prime factors of 28790 are 2, 5, 2879. Prime factorization of 28790 in exponential form is:

28790 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 2879¹

Step-3: Factors of 28772

List of positive integer factors of 28772 that divides 28772 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7193, 14386

Step-4: Factors of 28790

List of positive integer factors of 28790 that divides 28772 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 2879, 5758, 14395

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28772 and 28790. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28772 and 28790 is 2.

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