What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27038 and 27056?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27038 and 27056 is 2.

GCF(27038,27056) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27038 and 27056, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27038 and 27056.

How to find the GCF of 27038 and 27056?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27038 and 27056. After we will calculate the factors of 27038 and 27056 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27038

Prime factors of 27038 are 2, 11, 1229. Prime factorization of 27038 in exponential form is:

27038 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27056

Prime factors of 27056 are 2, 19, 89. Prime factorization of 27056 in exponential form is:

27056 = 2⁴ × 19¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 27038

List of positive integer factors of 27038 that divides 27038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1229, 2458, 13519

Step-4: Factors of 27056

List of positive integer factors of 27056 that divides 27038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 19, 38, 76, 89, 152, 178, 304, 356, 712, 1424, 1691, 3382, 6764, 13528

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27038 and 27056. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27038 and 27056 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27038 and 27056