What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28941 and 28958?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28941 and 28958 is 1.

GCF(28941,28958) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28941 and 28958, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28941 and 28958.

How to find the GCF of 28941 and 28958?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28941 and 28958. After we will calculate the factors of 28941 and 28958 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28941

Prime factors of 28941 are 3, 11, 877. Prime factorization of 28941 in exponential form is:

28941 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 877¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28958

Prime factors of 28958 are 2, 14479. Prime factorization of 28958 in exponential form is:

28958 = 2¹ × 14479¹

Step-3: Factors of 28941

List of positive integer factors of 28941 that divides 28941 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 877, 2631, 9647

Step-4: Factors of 28958

List of positive integer factors of 28958 that divides 28941 without a remainder.

1, 2, 14479

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28941 and 28958. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28941 and 28958 is 1.

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