What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2886 and 2896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2886 and 2896 is 2.

GCF(2886,2896) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2886 and 2896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2886 and 2896.

How to find the GCF of 2886 and 2896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2886 and 2896. After we will calculate the factors of 2886 and 2896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2886

Prime factors of 2886 are 2, 3, 13, 37. Prime factorization of 2886 in exponential form is:

2886 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2896

Prime factors of 2896 are 2, 181. Prime factorization of 2896 in exponential form is:

2896 = 2⁴ × 181¹

Step-3: Factors of 2886

List of positive integer factors of 2886 that divides 2886 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 37, 39, 74, 78, 111, 222, 481, 962, 1443

Step-4: Factors of 2896

List of positive integer factors of 2896 that divides 2886 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 181, 362, 724, 1448

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2886 and 2896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2886 and 2896 is 2.

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