What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28779 and 28797?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28779 and 28797 is 3.

GCF(28779,28797) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28779 and 28797, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28779 and 28797.

How to find the GCF of 28779 and 28797?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28779 and 28797. After we will calculate the factors of 28779 and 28797 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28779

Prime factors of 28779 are 3, 53, 181. Prime factorization of 28779 in exponential form is:

28779 = 3¹ × 53¹ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28797

Prime factors of 28797 are 3, 29, 331. Prime factorization of 28797 in exponential form is:

28797 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 331¹

Step-3: Factors of 28779

List of positive integer factors of 28779 that divides 28779 without a remainder.

1, 3, 53, 159, 181, 543, 9593

Step-4: Factors of 28797

List of positive integer factors of 28797 that divides 28779 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 331, 993, 9599

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28779 and 28797. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28779 and 28797 is 3.

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