What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28876 and 28880?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28876 and 28880 is 4.

GCF(28876,28880) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28876 and 28880, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28876 and 28880.

How to find the GCF of 28876 and 28880?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28876 and 28880. After we will calculate the factors of 28876 and 28880 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28876

Prime factors of 28876 are 2, 7219. Prime factorization of 28876 in exponential form is:

28876 = 2² × 7219¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28880

Prime factors of 28880 are 2, 5, 19. Prime factorization of 28880 in exponential form is:

28880 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 19²

Step-3: Factors of 28876

List of positive integer factors of 28876 that divides 28876 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7219, 14438

Step-4: Factors of 28880

List of positive integer factors of 28880 that divides 28876 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 19, 20, 38, 40, 76, 80, 95, 152, 190, 304, 361, 380, 722, 760, 1444, 1520, 1805, 2888, 3610, 5776, 7220, 14440

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28876 and 28880. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28876 and 28880 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28876 and 28880