What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28479 and 28497?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28479 and 28497 is 3.

GCF(28479,28497) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28479 and 28497, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28479 and 28497.

How to find the GCF of 28479 and 28497?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28479 and 28497. After we will calculate the factors of 28479 and 28497 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 28497

Prime factors of 28497 are 3, 7, 23, 59. Prime factorization of 28497 in exponential form is:

28497 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 23¹ × 59¹

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 28497

List of positive integer factors of 28497 that divides 28479 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 23, 59, 69, 161, 177, 413, 483, 1239, 1357, 4071, 9499

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28479 and 28497. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28479 and 28497 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28479 and 28497