What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28251 and 28260?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28251 and 28260 is 9.

GCF(28251,28260) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28251 and 28260, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28251 and 28260.

How to find the GCF of 28251 and 28260?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28251 and 28260. After we will calculate the factors of 28251 and 28260 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28251

Prime factors of 28251 are 3, 43, 73. Prime factorization of 28251 in exponential form is:

28251 = 3² × 43¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28260

Prime factors of 28260 are 2, 3, 5, 157. Prime factorization of 28260 in exponential form is:

28260 = 2² × 3² × 5¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 28251

List of positive integer factors of 28251 that divides 28251 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 43, 73, 129, 219, 387, 657, 3139, 9417

Step-4: Factors of 28260

List of positive integer factors of 28260 that divides 28251 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 30, 36, 45, 60, 90, 157, 180, 314, 471, 628, 785, 942, 1413, 1570, 1884, 2355, 2826, 3140, 4710, 5652, 7065, 9420, 14130

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28251 and 28260. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28251 and 28260 is 9.

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