What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28837 and 28856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28837 and 28856 is 1.

GCF(28837,28856) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28837 and 28856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28837 and 28856.

How to find the GCF of 28837 and 28856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28837 and 28856. After we will calculate the factors of 28837 and 28856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28837

Prime factors of 28837 are 28837. Prime factorization of 28837 in exponential form is:

28837 = 28837¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28856

Prime factors of 28856 are 2, 3607. Prime factorization of 28856 in exponential form is:

28856 = 2³ × 3607¹

Step-3: Factors of 28837

List of positive integer factors of 28837 that divides 28837 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 28856

List of positive integer factors of 28856 that divides 28837 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 3607, 7214, 14428

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28837 and 28856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28837 and 28856 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28837 and 28856