What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28937 and 28942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28937 and 28942 is 1.

GCF(28937,28942) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28937 and 28942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28937 and 28942.

How to find the GCF of 28937 and 28942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28937 and 28942. After we will calculate the factors of 28937 and 28942 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28937

Prime factors of 28937 are 19, 1523. Prime factorization of 28937 in exponential form is:

28937 = 19¹ × 1523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28942

Prime factors of 28942 are 2, 29, 499. Prime factorization of 28942 in exponential form is:

28942 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 28937

List of positive integer factors of 28937 that divides 28937 without a remainder.

1, 19, 1523

Step-4: Factors of 28942

List of positive integer factors of 28942 that divides 28937 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 499, 998, 14471

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28937 and 28942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28937 and 28942 is 1.

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