What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28653 and 28662?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28653 and 28662 is 3.

GCF(28653,28662) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28653 and 28662, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28653 and 28662.

How to find the GCF of 28653 and 28662?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28653 and 28662. After we will calculate the factors of 28653 and 28662 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28653

Prime factors of 28653 are 3, 9551. Prime factorization of 28653 in exponential form is:

28653 = 3¹ × 9551¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28662

Prime factors of 28662 are 2, 3, 17, 281. Prime factorization of 28662 in exponential form is:

28662 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 281¹

Step-3: Factors of 28653

List of positive integer factors of 28653 that divides 28653 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9551

Step-4: Factors of 28662

List of positive integer factors of 28662 that divides 28653 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 281, 562, 843, 1686, 4777, 9554, 14331

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28653 and 28662. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28653 and 28662 is 3.

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