Greatest Common Factor of 28 and 7590
GCF(28, 7590) = 2, Greatest common factor of 28 and 7590 is 2. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 28 and 7590. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 28 and 7590 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 28 and 7590.
Prime Factorization of 28 is 1, 2, 2, 7 and Prime Factorization of 7590 is 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, 23.
- Factorize\( (28) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 7\)
- Factorize\( (7590) = \) \(1\times 2\times 3\times 5\times 11\times 23\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(28, 7590) = 1\times 2 = 2\).
Greatest Common Factor of 28 and 7590 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 28 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28
List of positive integers factors of 7590 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 22, 23, 30, 33, 46, 55, 66, 69, 110, 115, 138, 165, 230, 253, 330, 345, 506, 690, 759, 1265, 1518, 2530, 3795, 7590
As you can see, 2 is the greatest and common number that 28 and 7590 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 28 and 7590 is 2.
\(GCF(28, 7590) = 2\).
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