What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28968 and 28975?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28968 and 28975 is 1.

GCF(28968,28975) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28968 and 28975, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28968 and 28975.

How to find the GCF of 28968 and 28975?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28968 and 28975. After we will calculate the factors of 28968 and 28975 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28968

Prime factors of 28968 are 2, 3, 17, 71. Prime factorization of 28968 in exponential form is:

28968 = 2³ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28975

Prime factors of 28975 are 5, 19, 61. Prime factorization of 28975 in exponential form is:

28975 = 5² × 19¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 28968

List of positive integer factors of 28968 that divides 28968 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 17, 24, 34, 51, 68, 71, 102, 136, 142, 204, 213, 284, 408, 426, 568, 852, 1207, 1704, 2414, 3621, 4828, 7242, 9656, 14484

Step-4: Factors of 28975

List of positive integer factors of 28975 that divides 28968 without a remainder.

1, 5, 19, 25, 61, 95, 305, 475, 1159, 1525, 5795

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28968 and 28975. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28968 and 28975 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28968 and 28975