What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28545 and 28550?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28545 and 28550 is 5.

GCF(28545,28550) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28545 and 28550, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28545 and 28550.

How to find the GCF of 28545 and 28550?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28545 and 28550. After we will calculate the factors of 28545 and 28550 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28545

Prime factors of 28545 are 3, 5, 11, 173. Prime factorization of 28545 in exponential form is:

28545 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28550

Prime factors of 28550 are 2, 5, 571. Prime factorization of 28550 in exponential form is:

28550 = 2¹ × 5² × 571¹

Step-3: Factors of 28545

List of positive integer factors of 28545 that divides 28545 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 11, 15, 33, 55, 165, 173, 519, 865, 1903, 2595, 5709, 9515

Step-4: Factors of 28550

List of positive integer factors of 28550 that divides 28545 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 571, 1142, 2855, 5710, 14275

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28545 and 28550. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28545 and 28550 is 5.

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