What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27238 and 27252?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27238 and 27252 is 2.

GCF(27238,27252) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27238 and 27252, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27238 and 27252.

How to find the GCF of 27238 and 27252?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27238 and 27252. After we will calculate the factors of 27238 and 27252 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27238

Prime factors of 27238 are 2, 13619. Prime factorization of 27238 in exponential form is:

27238 = 2¹ × 13619¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27252

Prime factors of 27252 are 2, 3, 757. Prime factorization of 27252 in exponential form is:

27252 = 2² × 3² × 757¹

Step-3: Factors of 27238

List of positive integer factors of 27238 that divides 27238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13619

Step-4: Factors of 27252

List of positive integer factors of 27252 that divides 27238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 757, 1514, 2271, 3028, 4542, 6813, 9084, 13626

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27238 and 27252. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27238 and 27252 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27238 and 27252