What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28017 and 28026?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28017 and 28026 is 9.

GCF(28017,28026) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28017 and 28026, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28017 and 28026.

How to find the GCF of 28017 and 28026?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28017 and 28026. After we will calculate the factors of 28017 and 28026 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28017

Prime factors of 28017 are 3, 11, 283. Prime factorization of 28017 in exponential form is:

28017 = 3² × 11¹ × 283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28026

Prime factors of 28026 are 2, 3, 173. Prime factorization of 28026 in exponential form is:

28026 = 2¹ × 3⁴ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 28017

List of positive integer factors of 28017 that divides 28017 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 99, 283, 849, 2547, 3113, 9339

Step-4: Factors of 28026

List of positive integer factors of 28026 that divides 28017 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 81, 162, 173, 346, 519, 1038, 1557, 3114, 4671, 9342, 14013

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28017 and 28026. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28017 and 28026 is 9.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28017 and 28026