What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28724 and 28735?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28724 and 28735 is 1.

GCF(28724,28735) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28724 and 28735, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28724 and 28735.

How to find the GCF of 28724 and 28735?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28724 and 28735. After we will calculate the factors of 28724 and 28735 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28724

Prime factors of 28724 are 2, 43, 167. Prime factorization of 28724 in exponential form is:

28724 = 2² × 43¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28735

Prime factors of 28735 are 5, 7, 821. Prime factorization of 28735 in exponential form is:

28735 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 821¹

Step-3: Factors of 28724

List of positive integer factors of 28724 that divides 28724 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 43, 86, 167, 172, 334, 668, 7181, 14362

Step-4: Factors of 28735

List of positive integer factors of 28735 that divides 28724 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 821, 4105, 5747

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28724 and 28735. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28724 and 28735 is 1.

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