What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28525 and 28538?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28525 and 28538 is 1.

GCF(28525,28538) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28525 and 28538, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28525 and 28538.

How to find the GCF of 28525 and 28538?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28525 and 28538. After we will calculate the factors of 28525 and 28538 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28525

Prime factors of 28525 are 5, 7, 163. Prime factorization of 28525 in exponential form is:

28525 = 5² × 7¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28538

Prime factors of 28538 are 2, 19, 751. Prime factorization of 28538 in exponential form is:

28538 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 751¹

Step-3: Factors of 28525

List of positive integer factors of 28525 that divides 28525 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 25, 35, 163, 175, 815, 1141, 4075, 5705

Step-4: Factors of 28538

List of positive integer factors of 28538 that divides 28525 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 751, 1502, 14269

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28525 and 28538. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28525 and 28538 is 1.

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