What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28101 and 28118?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28101 and 28118 is 17.

GCF(28101,28118) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28101 and 28118, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28101 and 28118.

How to find the GCF of 28101 and 28118?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28101 and 28118. After we will calculate the factors of 28101 and 28118 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28101

Prime factors of 28101 are 3, 17, 19, 29. Prime factorization of 28101 in exponential form is:

28101 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 19¹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28118

Prime factors of 28118 are 2, 17, 827. Prime factorization of 28118 in exponential form is:

28118 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 827¹

Step-3: Factors of 28101

List of positive integer factors of 28101 that divides 28101 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 19, 29, 51, 57, 87, 323, 493, 551, 969, 1479, 1653, 9367

Step-4: Factors of 28118

List of positive integer factors of 28118 that divides 28101 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 827, 1654, 14059

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28101 and 28118. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28101 and 28118 is 17.

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