What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28167 and 28179?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28167 and 28179 is 3.

GCF(28167,28179) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28167 and 28179, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28167 and 28179.

How to find the GCF of 28167 and 28179?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28167 and 28179. After we will calculate the factors of 28167 and 28179 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28167

Prime factors of 28167 are 3, 41, 229. Prime factorization of 28167 in exponential form is:

28167 = 3¹ × 41¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28179

Prime factors of 28179 are 3, 31, 101. Prime factorization of 28179 in exponential form is:

28179 = 3² × 31¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 28167

List of positive integer factors of 28167 that divides 28167 without a remainder.

1, 3, 41, 123, 229, 687, 9389

Step-4: Factors of 28179

List of positive integer factors of 28179 that divides 28167 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 31, 93, 101, 279, 303, 909, 3131, 9393

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28167 and 28179. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28167 and 28179 is 3.

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