What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28888 and 28892?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28888 and 28892 is 4.

GCF(28888,28892) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28888 and 28892, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28888 and 28892.

How to find the GCF of 28888 and 28892?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28888 and 28892. After we will calculate the factors of 28888 and 28892 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28888

Prime factors of 28888 are 2, 23, 157. Prime factorization of 28888 in exponential form is:

28888 = 2³ × 23¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28892

Prime factors of 28892 are 2, 31, 233. Prime factorization of 28892 in exponential form is:

28892 = 2² × 31¹ × 233¹

Step-3: Factors of 28888

List of positive integer factors of 28888 that divides 28888 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 23, 46, 92, 157, 184, 314, 628, 1256, 3611, 7222, 14444

Step-4: Factors of 28892

List of positive integer factors of 28892 that divides 28888 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124, 233, 466, 932, 7223, 14446

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28888 and 28892. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28888 and 28892 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28888 and 28892