What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28662 and 28679?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28662 and 28679 is 17.

GCF(28662,28679) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28662 and 28679, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28662 and 28679.

How to find the GCF of 28662 and 28679?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28662 and 28679. After we will calculate the factors of 28662 and 28679 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 28679

Prime factors of 28679 are 7, 17, 241. Prime factorization of 28679 in exponential form is:

28679 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 28662

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 28679

List of positive integer factors of 28679 that divides 28662 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 119, 241, 1687, 4097

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28662 and 28679. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28662 and 28679 is 17.

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