What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28689 and 28698?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28689 and 28698 is 3.

GCF(28689,28698) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28689 and 28698, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28689 and 28698.

How to find the GCF of 28689 and 28698?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28689 and 28698. After we will calculate the factors of 28689 and 28698 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28689

Prime factors of 28689 are 3, 73, 131. Prime factorization of 28689 in exponential form is:

28689 = 3¹ × 73¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28698

Prime factors of 28698 are 2, 3, 4783. Prime factorization of 28698 in exponential form is:

28698 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 4783¹

Step-3: Factors of 28689

List of positive integer factors of 28689 that divides 28689 without a remainder.

1, 3, 73, 131, 219, 393, 9563

Step-4: Factors of 28698

List of positive integer factors of 28698 that divides 28689 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4783, 9566, 14349

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28689 and 28698. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28689 and 28698 is 3.

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