What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28985 and 29004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28985 and 29004 is 1.

GCF(28985,29004) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28985 and 29004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28985 and 29004.

How to find the GCF of 28985 and 29004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28985 and 29004. After we will calculate the factors of 28985 and 29004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 28985

Prime factors of 28985 are 5, 11, 17, 31. Prime factorization of 28985 in exponential form is:

28985 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 31¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29004

Prime factors of 29004 are 2, 3, 2417. Prime factorization of 29004 in exponential form is:

29004 = 2² × 3¹ × 2417¹

Step-3: Factors of 28985

List of positive integer factors of 28985 that divides 28985 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 17, 31, 55, 85, 155, 187, 341, 527, 935, 1705, 2635, 5797

Step-4: Factors of 29004

List of positive integer factors of 29004 that divides 28985 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 2417, 4834, 7251, 9668, 14502

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28985 and 29004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28985 and 29004 is 1.

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