What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28984 and 28998?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28984 and 28998 is 2.

GCF(28984,28998) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28984 and 28998, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28984 and 28998.

How to find the GCF of 28984 and 28998?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28984 and 28998. After we will calculate the factors of 28984 and 28998 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28984

Prime factors of 28984 are 2, 3623. Prime factorization of 28984 in exponential form is:

28984 = 2³ × 3623¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28998

Prime factors of 28998 are 2, 3, 179. Prime factorization of 28998 in exponential form is:

28998 = 2¹ × 3⁴ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 28984

List of positive integer factors of 28984 that divides 28984 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 3623, 7246, 14492

Step-4: Factors of 28998

List of positive integer factors of 28998 that divides 28984 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 81, 162, 179, 358, 537, 1074, 1611, 3222, 4833, 9666, 14499

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28984 and 28998. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28984 and 28998 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28984 and 28998