What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28911 and 28926?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28911 and 28926 is 3.

GCF(28911,28926) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28911 and 28926, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28911 and 28926.

How to find the GCF of 28911 and 28926?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28911 and 28926. After we will calculate the factors of 28911 and 28926 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28911

Prime factors of 28911 are 3, 23, 419. Prime factorization of 28911 in exponential form is:

28911 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 419¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28926

Prime factors of 28926 are 2, 3, 1607. Prime factorization of 28926 in exponential form is:

28926 = 2¹ × 3² × 1607¹

Step-3: Factors of 28911

List of positive integer factors of 28911 that divides 28911 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 419, 1257, 9637

Step-4: Factors of 28926

List of positive integer factors of 28926 that divides 28911 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1607, 3214, 4821, 9642, 14463

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28911 and 28926. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28911 and 28926 is 3.

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