What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28878 and 28896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28878 and 28896 is 6.

GCF(28878,28896) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28878 and 28896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28878 and 28896.

How to find the GCF of 28878 and 28896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28878 and 28896. After we will calculate the factors of 28878 and 28896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28878

Prime factors of 28878 are 2, 3, 4813. Prime factorization of 28878 in exponential form is:

28878 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 4813¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28896

Prime factors of 28896 are 2, 3, 7, 43. Prime factorization of 28896 in exponential form is:

28896 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 28878

List of positive integer factors of 28878 that divides 28878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4813, 9626, 14439

Step-4: Factors of 28896

List of positive integer factors of 28896 that divides 28878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16, 21, 24, 28, 32, 42, 43, 48, 56, 84, 86, 96, 112, 129, 168, 172, 224, 258, 301, 336, 344, 516, 602, 672, 688, 903, 1032, 1204, 1376, 1806, 2064, 2408, 3612, 4128, 4816, 7224, 9632, 14448

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28878 and 28896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28878 and 28896 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28878 and 28896