What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28950 and 28955?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28950 and 28955 is 5.

GCF(28950,28955) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28950 and 28955, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28950 and 28955.

How to find the GCF of 28950 and 28955?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28950 and 28955. After we will calculate the factors of 28950 and 28955 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28950

Prime factors of 28950 are 2, 3, 5, 193. Prime factorization of 28950 in exponential form is:

28950 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5² × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28955

Prime factors of 28955 are 5, 5791. Prime factorization of 28955 in exponential form is:

28955 = 5¹ × 5791¹

Step-3: Factors of 28950

List of positive integer factors of 28950 that divides 28950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 30, 50, 75, 150, 193, 386, 579, 965, 1158, 1930, 2895, 4825, 5790, 9650, 14475

Step-4: Factors of 28955

List of positive integer factors of 28955 that divides 28950 without a remainder.

1, 5, 5791

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28950 and 28955. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28950 and 28955 is 5.

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