What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27387 and 27396?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27387 and 27396 is 9.

GCF(27387,27396) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27387 and 27396, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27387 and 27396.

How to find the GCF of 27387 and 27396?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27387 and 27396. After we will calculate the factors of 27387 and 27396 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27387

Prime factors of 27387 are 3, 17, 179. Prime factorization of 27387 in exponential form is:

27387 = 3² × 17¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27396

Prime factors of 27396 are 2, 3, 761. Prime factorization of 27396 in exponential form is:

27396 = 2² × 3² × 761¹

Step-3: Factors of 27387

List of positive integer factors of 27387 that divides 27387 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 51, 153, 179, 537, 1611, 3043, 9129

Step-4: Factors of 27396

List of positive integer factors of 27396 that divides 27387 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 761, 1522, 2283, 3044, 4566, 6849, 9132, 13698

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27387 and 27396. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27387 and 27396 is 9.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27387 and 27396