What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28371 and 28377?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28371 and 28377 is 3.

GCF(28371,28377) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28371 and 28377, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28371 and 28377.

How to find the GCF of 28371 and 28377?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28371 and 28377. After we will calculate the factors of 28371 and 28377 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28371

Prime factors of 28371 are 3, 7, 193. Prime factorization of 28371 in exponential form is:

28371 = 3¹ × 7² × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28377

Prime factors of 28377 are 3, 1051. Prime factorization of 28377 in exponential form is:

28377 = 3³ × 1051¹

Step-3: Factors of 28371

List of positive integer factors of 28371 that divides 28371 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 49, 147, 193, 579, 1351, 4053, 9457

Step-4: Factors of 28377

List of positive integer factors of 28377 that divides 28371 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1051, 3153, 9459

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28371 and 28377. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28371 and 28377 is 3.

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