What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28717 and 28736?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28717 and 28736 is 1.

GCF(28717,28736) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28717 and 28736, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28717 and 28736.

How to find the GCF of 28717 and 28736?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28717 and 28736. After we will calculate the factors of 28717 and 28736 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28717

Prime factors of 28717 are 13, 47. Prime factorization of 28717 in exponential form is:

28717 = 13¹ × 47²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28736

Prime factors of 28736 are 2, 449. Prime factorization of 28736 in exponential form is:

28736 = 2⁶ × 449¹

Step-3: Factors of 28717

List of positive integer factors of 28717 that divides 28717 without a remainder.

1, 13, 47, 611, 2209

Step-4: Factors of 28736

List of positive integer factors of 28736 that divides 28717 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 449, 898, 1796, 3592, 7184, 14368

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28717 and 28736. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28717 and 28736 is 1.

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