What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28734 and 28743?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28734 and 28743 is 3.

GCF(28734,28743) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28734 and 28743, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28734 and 28743.

How to find the GCF of 28734 and 28743?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28734 and 28743. After we will calculate the factors of 28734 and 28743 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28734

Prime factors of 28734 are 2, 3, 4789. Prime factorization of 28734 in exponential form is:

28734 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 4789¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28743

Prime factors of 28743 are 3, 11, 13, 67. Prime factorization of 28743 in exponential form is:

28743 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 28734

List of positive integer factors of 28734 that divides 28734 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4789, 9578, 14367

Step-4: Factors of 28743

List of positive integer factors of 28743 that divides 28734 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 13, 33, 39, 67, 143, 201, 429, 737, 871, 2211, 2613, 9581

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28734 and 28743. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28734 and 28743 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28734 and 28743