What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27291 and 27297?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27291 and 27297 is 3.

GCF(27291,27297) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27291 and 27297, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27291 and 27297.

How to find the GCF of 27291 and 27297?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27291 and 27297. After we will calculate the factors of 27291 and 27297 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27291

Prime factors of 27291 are 3, 11, 827. Prime factorization of 27291 in exponential form is:

27291 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 827¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27297

Prime factors of 27297 are 3, 337. Prime factorization of 27297 in exponential form is:

27297 = 3⁴ × 337¹

Step-3: Factors of 27291

List of positive integer factors of 27291 that divides 27291 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 827, 2481, 9097

Step-4: Factors of 27297

List of positive integer factors of 27297 that divides 27291 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 337, 1011, 3033, 9099

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27291 and 27297. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27291 and 27297 is 3.

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