What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28952 and 28959?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28952 and 28959 is 7.

GCF(28952,28959) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28952 and 28959, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28952 and 28959.

How to find the GCF of 28952 and 28959?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28952 and 28959. After we will calculate the factors of 28952 and 28959 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28952

Prime factors of 28952 are 2, 7, 11, 47. Prime factorization of 28952 in exponential form is:

28952 = 2³ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28959

Prime factors of 28959 are 3, 7, 197. Prime factorization of 28959 in exponential form is:

28959 = 3¹ × 7² × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 28952

List of positive integer factors of 28952 that divides 28952 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 22, 28, 44, 47, 56, 77, 88, 94, 154, 188, 308, 329, 376, 517, 616, 658, 1034, 1316, 2068, 2632, 3619, 4136, 7238, 14476

Step-4: Factors of 28959

List of positive integer factors of 28959 that divides 28952 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 49, 147, 197, 591, 1379, 4137, 9653

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28952 and 28959. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28952 and 28959 is 7.

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