What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28866 and 28874?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28866 and 28874 is 2.

GCF(28866,28874) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28866 and 28874, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28866 and 28874.

How to find the GCF of 28866 and 28874?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28866 and 28874. After we will calculate the factors of 28866 and 28874 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28866

Prime factors of 28866 are 2, 3, 17, 283. Prime factorization of 28866 in exponential form is:

28866 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28874

Prime factors of 28874 are 2, 14437. Prime factorization of 28874 in exponential form is:

28874 = 2¹ × 14437¹

Step-3: Factors of 28866

List of positive integer factors of 28866 that divides 28866 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 283, 566, 849, 1698, 4811, 9622, 14433

Step-4: Factors of 28874

List of positive integer factors of 28874 that divides 28866 without a remainder.

1, 2, 14437

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28866 and 28874. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28866 and 28874 is 2.

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