What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28479 and 28491?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28479 and 28491 is 3.

GCF(28479,28491) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28479 and 28491, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28479 and 28491.

How to find the GCF of 28479 and 28491?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28479 and 28491. After we will calculate the factors of 28479 and 28491 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28479

Prime factors of 28479 are 3, 11, 863. Prime factorization of 28479 in exponential form is:

28479 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 863¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28491

Prime factors of 28491 are 3, 9497. Prime factorization of 28491 in exponential form is:

28491 = 3¹ × 9497¹

Step-3: Factors of 28479

List of positive integer factors of 28479 that divides 28479 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 863, 2589, 9493

Step-4: Factors of 28491

List of positive integer factors of 28491 that divides 28479 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9497

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28479 and 28491. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28479 and 28491 is 3.

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