What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28301 and 28308?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28301 and 28308 is 7.

GCF(28301,28308) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28301 and 28308, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28301 and 28308.

How to find the GCF of 28301 and 28308?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28301 and 28308. After we will calculate the factors of 28301 and 28308 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28301

Prime factors of 28301 are 7, 13, 311. Prime factorization of 28301 in exponential form is:

28301 = 7¹ × 13¹ × 311¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28308

Prime factors of 28308 are 2, 3, 7, 337. Prime factorization of 28308 in exponential form is:

28308 = 2² × 3¹ × 7¹ × 337¹

Step-3: Factors of 28301

List of positive integer factors of 28301 that divides 28301 without a remainder.

1, 7, 13, 91, 311, 2177, 4043

Step-4: Factors of 28308

List of positive integer factors of 28308 that divides 28301 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 337, 674, 1011, 1348, 2022, 2359, 4044, 4718, 7077, 9436, 14154

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28301 and 28308. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28301 and 28308 is 7.

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