What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28523 and 28540?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28523 and 28540 is 1.

GCF(28523,28540) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28523 and 28540, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28523 and 28540.

How to find the GCF of 28523 and 28540?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28523 and 28540. After we will calculate the factors of 28523 and 28540 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28523

Prime factors of 28523 are 11, 2593. Prime factorization of 28523 in exponential form is:

28523 = 11¹ × 2593¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28540

Prime factors of 28540 are 2, 5, 1427. Prime factorization of 28540 in exponential form is:

28540 = 2² × 5¹ × 1427¹

Step-3: Factors of 28523

List of positive integer factors of 28523 that divides 28523 without a remainder.

1, 11, 2593

Step-4: Factors of 28540

List of positive integer factors of 28540 that divides 28523 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 1427, 2854, 5708, 7135, 14270

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28523 and 28540. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28523 and 28540 is 1.

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