What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28836 and 28850?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28836 and 28850 is 2.

GCF(28836,28850) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28836 and 28850, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28836 and 28850.

How to find the GCF of 28836 and 28850?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28836 and 28850. After we will calculate the factors of 28836 and 28850 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28836

Prime factors of 28836 are 2, 3, 89. Prime factorization of 28836 in exponential form is:

28836 = 2² × 3⁴ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28850

Prime factors of 28850 are 2, 5, 577. Prime factorization of 28850 in exponential form is:

28850 = 2¹ × 5² × 577¹

Step-3: Factors of 28836

List of positive integer factors of 28836 that divides 28836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 81, 89, 108, 162, 178, 267, 324, 356, 534, 801, 1068, 1602, 2403, 3204, 4806, 7209, 9612, 14418

Step-4: Factors of 28850

List of positive integer factors of 28850 that divides 28836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 577, 1154, 2885, 5770, 14425

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28836 and 28850. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28836 and 28850 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28836 and 28850