What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27486 and 27502?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27486 and 27502 is 2.

GCF(27486,27502) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27486 and 27502, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27486 and 27502.

How to find the GCF of 27486 and 27502?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27486 and 27502. After we will calculate the factors of 27486 and 27502 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27486

Prime factors of 27486 are 2, 3, 509. Prime factorization of 27486 in exponential form is:

27486 = 2¹ × 3³ × 509¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27502

Prime factors of 27502 are 2, 13751. Prime factorization of 27502 in exponential form is:

27502 = 2¹ × 13751¹

Step-3: Factors of 27486

List of positive integer factors of 27486 that divides 27486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 509, 1018, 1527, 3054, 4581, 9162, 13743

Step-4: Factors of 27502

List of positive integer factors of 27502 that divides 27486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13751

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27486 and 27502. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27486 and 27502 is 2.

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