What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28734 and 28752?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28734 and 28752 is 6.

GCF(28734,28752) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28734 and 28752, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28734 and 28752.

How to find the GCF of 28734 and 28752?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28734 and 28752. After we will calculate the factors of 28734 and 28752 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 28752

Prime factors of 28752 are 2, 3, 599. Prime factorization of 28752 in exponential form is:

28752 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 599¹

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 28752

List of positive integer factors of 28752 that divides 28734 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 599, 1198, 1797, 2396, 3594, 4792, 7188, 9584, 14376

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28734 and 28752. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28734 and 28752 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28734 and 28752