What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28017 and 28029?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28017 and 28029 is 3.

GCF(28017,28029) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28017 and 28029, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28017 and 28029.

How to find the GCF of 28017 and 28029?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28017 and 28029. After we will calculate the factors of 28017 and 28029 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 28029

Prime factors of 28029 are 3, 9343. Prime factorization of 28029 in exponential form is:

28029 = 3¹ × 9343¹

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 28029

List of positive integer factors of 28029 that divides 28017 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9343

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28017 and 28029. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28017 and 28029 is 3.

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