What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28982 and 28987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28982 and 28987 is 1.

GCF(28982,28987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28982 and 28987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28982 and 28987.

How to find the GCF of 28982 and 28987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28982 and 28987. After we will calculate the factors of 28982 and 28987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28982

Prime factors of 28982 are 2, 43, 337. Prime factorization of 28982 in exponential form is:

28982 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 337¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28987

Prime factors of 28987 are 7, 41, 101. Prime factorization of 28987 in exponential form is:

28987 = 7¹ × 41¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 28982

List of positive integer factors of 28982 that divides 28982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 337, 674, 14491

Step-4: Factors of 28987

List of positive integer factors of 28987 that divides 28982 without a remainder.

1, 7, 41, 101, 287, 707, 4141

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28982 and 28987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28982 and 28987 is 1.

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