What is the Greatest Common Factor of 28987 and 29001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 28987 and 29001 is 7.

GCF(28987,29001) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 28987 and 29001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 28987 and 29001.

How to find the GCF of 28987 and 29001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 28987 and 29001. After we will calculate the factors of 28987 and 29001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 29001

Prime factors of 29001 are 3, 7, 1381. Prime factorization of 29001 in exponential form is:

29001 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1381¹

Step-3: Factors of 28987

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 29001

List of positive integer factors of 29001 that divides 28987 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1381, 4143, 9667

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 28987 and 29001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 28987 and 29001 is 7.

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