What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28251 and 28266?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28251 and 28266 is 3.

GCF(28251,28266) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28251 and 28266, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28251 and 28266.

How to find the GCF of 28251 and 28266?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28251 and 28266. After we will calculate the factors of 28251 and 28266 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 28266

Prime factors of 28266 are 2, 3, 7, 673. Prime factorization of 28266 in exponential form is:

28266 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 673¹

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 28266

List of positive integer factors of 28266 that divides 28251 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 673, 1346, 2019, 4038, 4711, 9422, 14133

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28251 and 28266. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28251 and 28266 is 3.

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