What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28859 and 28878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28859 and 28878 is 1.

GCF(28859,28878) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28859 and 28878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28859 and 28878.

How to find the GCF of 28859 and 28878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28859 and 28878. After we will calculate the factors of 28859 and 28878 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28859

Prime factors of 28859 are 28859. Prime factorization of 28859 in exponential form is:

28859 = 28859¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28878

Prime factors of 28878 are 2, 3, 4813. Prime factorization of 28878 in exponential form is:

28878 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 4813¹

Step-3: Factors of 28859

List of positive integer factors of 28859 that divides 28859 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 28878

List of positive integer factors of 28878 that divides 28859 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4813, 9626, 14439

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28859 and 28878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28859 and 28878 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28859 and 28878