What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27478 and 27498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27478 and 27498 is 2.

GCF(27478,27498) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27478 and 27498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27478 and 27498.

How to find the GCF of 27478 and 27498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27478 and 27498. After we will calculate the factors of 27478 and 27498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27478

Prime factors of 27478 are 2, 11, 1249. Prime factorization of 27478 in exponential form is:

27478 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1249¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27498

Prime factors of 27498 are 2, 3, 4583. Prime factorization of 27498 in exponential form is:

27498 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 4583¹

Step-3: Factors of 27478

List of positive integer factors of 27478 that divides 27478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1249, 2498, 13739

Step-4: Factors of 27498

List of positive integer factors of 27498 that divides 27478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4583, 9166, 13749

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27478 and 27498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27478 and 27498 is 2.

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