What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28946 and 28956?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28946 and 28956 is 2.

GCF(28946,28956) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28946 and 28956, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28946 and 28956.

How to find the GCF of 28946 and 28956?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28946 and 28956. After we will calculate the factors of 28946 and 28956 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 28956

Prime factors of 28956 are 2, 3, 19, 127. Prime factorization of 28956 in exponential form is:

28956 = 2² × 3¹ × 19¹ × 127¹

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 28956

List of positive integer factors of 28956 that divides 28946 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 19, 38, 57, 76, 114, 127, 228, 254, 381, 508, 762, 1524, 2413, 4826, 7239, 9652, 14478

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28946 and 28956. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28946 and 28956 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28946 and 28956