What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28623 and 28637?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28623 and 28637 is 7.

GCF(28623,28637) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28623 and 28637, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28623 and 28637.

How to find the GCF of 28623 and 28637?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28623 and 28637. After we will calculate the factors of 28623 and 28637 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28623

Prime factors of 28623 are 3, 7, 29, 47. Prime factorization of 28623 in exponential form is:

28623 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 29¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28637

Prime factors of 28637 are 7, 4091. Prime factorization of 28637 in exponential form is:

28637 = 7¹ × 4091¹

Step-3: Factors of 28623

List of positive integer factors of 28623 that divides 28623 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 29, 47, 87, 141, 203, 329, 609, 987, 1363, 4089, 9541

Step-4: Factors of 28637

List of positive integer factors of 28637 that divides 28623 without a remainder.

1, 7, 4091

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28623 and 28637. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28623 and 28637 is 7.

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