What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28956 and 28966?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28956 and 28966 is 2.

GCF(28956,28966) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28956 and 28966, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28956 and 28966.

How to find the GCF of 28956 and 28966?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28956 and 28966. After we will calculate the factors of 28956 and 28966 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 28966

Prime factors of 28966 are 2, 7, 2069. Prime factorization of 28966 in exponential form is:

28966 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2069¹

Step-3: Factors of 28956

List of positive integer factors of 28956 that divides 28956 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

Step-4: Factors of 28966

List of positive integer factors of 28966 that divides 28956 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2069, 4138, 14483

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28956 and 28966. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28956 and 28966 is 2.

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