What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27418 and 27438?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27418 and 27438 is 2.

GCF(27418,27438) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27418 and 27438, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27418 and 27438.

How to find the GCF of 27418 and 27438?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27418 and 27438. After we will calculate the factors of 27418 and 27438 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27418

Prime factors of 27418 are 2, 13709. Prime factorization of 27418 in exponential form is:

27418 = 2¹ × 13709¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27438

Prime factors of 27438 are 2, 3, 17, 269. Prime factorization of 27438 in exponential form is:

27438 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 269¹

Step-3: Factors of 27418

List of positive integer factors of 27418 that divides 27418 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13709

Step-4: Factors of 27438

List of positive integer factors of 27438 that divides 27418 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 269, 538, 807, 1614, 4573, 9146, 13719

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27418 and 27438. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27418 and 27438 is 2.

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