What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28784 and 28788?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28784 and 28788 is 4.

GCF(28784,28788) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28784 and 28788, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28784 and 28788.

How to find the GCF of 28784 and 28788?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28784 and 28788. After we will calculate the factors of 28784 and 28788 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28784

Prime factors of 28784 are 2, 7, 257. Prime factorization of 28784 in exponential form is:

28784 = 2⁴ × 7¹ × 257¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28788

Prime factors of 28788 are 2, 3, 2399. Prime factorization of 28788 in exponential form is:

28788 = 2² × 3¹ × 2399¹

Step-3: Factors of 28784

List of positive integer factors of 28784 that divides 28784 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 112, 257, 514, 1028, 1799, 2056, 3598, 4112, 7196, 14392

Step-4: Factors of 28788

List of positive integer factors of 28788 that divides 28784 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 2399, 4798, 7197, 9596, 14394

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28784 and 28788. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28784 and 28788 is 4.

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