What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27178 and 27194?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27178 and 27194 is 2.

GCF(27178,27194) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27178 and 27194, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27178 and 27194.

How to find the GCF of 27178 and 27194?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27178 and 27194. After we will calculate the factors of 27178 and 27194 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27178

Prime factors of 27178 are 2, 107, 127. Prime factorization of 27178 in exponential form is:

27178 = 2¹ × 107¹ × 127¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27194

Prime factors of 27194 are 2, 13597. Prime factorization of 27194 in exponential form is:

27194 = 2¹ × 13597¹

Step-3: Factors of 27178

List of positive integer factors of 27178 that divides 27178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 107, 127, 214, 254, 13589

Step-4: Factors of 27194

List of positive integer factors of 27194 that divides 27178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13597

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27178 and 27194. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27178 and 27194 is 2.

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