What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28969 and 28977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28969 and 28977 is 1.

GCF(28969,28977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28969 and 28977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28969 and 28977.

How to find the GCF of 28969 and 28977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28969 and 28977. After we will calculate the factors of 28969 and 28977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28969

Prime factors of 28969 are 59, 491. Prime factorization of 28969 in exponential form is:

28969 = 59¹ × 491¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28977

Prime factors of 28977 are 3, 13, 743. Prime factorization of 28977 in exponential form is:

28977 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 743¹

Step-3: Factors of 28969

List of positive integer factors of 28969 that divides 28969 without a remainder.

1, 59, 491

Step-4: Factors of 28977

List of positive integer factors of 28977 that divides 28969 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 743, 2229, 9659

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28969 and 28977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28969 and 28977 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 28969 and 28977