What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28721 and 28732?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28721 and 28732 is 11.

GCF(28721,28732) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28721 and 28732, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28721 and 28732.

How to find the GCF of 28721 and 28732?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28721 and 28732. After we will calculate the factors of 28721 and 28732 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28721

Prime factors of 28721 are 7, 11, 373. Prime factorization of 28721 in exponential form is:

28721 = 7¹ × 11¹ × 373¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28732

Prime factors of 28732 are 2, 11, 653. Prime factorization of 28732 in exponential form is:

28732 = 2² × 11¹ × 653¹

Step-3: Factors of 28721

List of positive integer factors of 28721 that divides 28721 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11, 77, 373, 2611, 4103

Step-4: Factors of 28732

List of positive integer factors of 28732 that divides 28721 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 653, 1306, 2612, 7183, 14366

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28721 and 28732. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28721 and 28732 is 11.

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