What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28981 and 28993?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28981 and 28993 is 1.

GCF(28981,28993) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28981 and 28993, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28981 and 28993.

How to find the GCF of 28981 and 28993?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28981 and 28993. After we will calculate the factors of 28981 and 28993 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28981

Prime factors of 28981 are 73, 397. Prime factorization of 28981 in exponential form is:

28981 = 73¹ × 397¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28993

Prime factors of 28993 are 79, 367. Prime factorization of 28993 in exponential form is:

28993 = 79¹ × 367¹

Step-3: Factors of 28981

List of positive integer factors of 28981 that divides 28981 without a remainder.

1, 73, 397

Step-4: Factors of 28993

List of positive integer factors of 28993 that divides 28981 without a remainder.

1, 79, 367

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28981 and 28993. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28981 and 28993 is 1.

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