What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28473 and 28482?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28473 and 28482 is 3.

GCF(28473,28482) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28473 and 28482, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28473 and 28482.

How to find the GCF of 28473 and 28482?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28473 and 28482. After we will calculate the factors of 28473 and 28482 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28473

Prime factors of 28473 are 3, 9491. Prime factorization of 28473 in exponential form is:

28473 = 3¹ × 9491¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28482

Prime factors of 28482 are 2, 3, 47, 101. Prime factorization of 28482 in exponential form is:

28482 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 47¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 28473

List of positive integer factors of 28473 that divides 28473 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9491

Step-4: Factors of 28482

List of positive integer factors of 28482 that divides 28473 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 47, 94, 101, 141, 202, 282, 303, 606, 4747, 9494, 14241

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28473 and 28482. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28473 and 28482 is 3.

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