What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28946 and 28950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28946 and 28950 is 2.

GCF(28946,28950) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28946 and 28950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28946 and 28950.

How to find the GCF of 28946 and 28950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28946 and 28950. After we will calculate the factors of 28946 and 28950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28946

Prime factors of 28946 are 2, 41, 353. Prime factorization of 28946 in exponential form is:

28946 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 353¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28950

Prime factors of 28950 are 2, 3, 5, 193. Prime factorization of 28950 in exponential form is:

28950 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5² × 193¹

Step-3: Factors of 28946

List of positive integer factors of 28946 that divides 28946 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 353, 706, 14473

Step-4: Factors of 28950

List of positive integer factors of 28950 that divides 28946 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 30, 50, 75, 150, 193, 386, 579, 965, 1158, 1930, 2895, 4825, 5790, 9650, 14475

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28946 and 28950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28946 and 28950 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28946 and 28950