What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27500 and 27518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27500 and 27518 is 2.

GCF(27500,27518) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27500 and 27518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27500 and 27518.

How to find the GCF of 27500 and 27518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27500 and 27518. After we will calculate the factors of 27500 and 27518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27500

Prime factors of 27500 are 2, 5, 11. Prime factorization of 27500 in exponential form is:

27500 = 2² × 5⁴ × 11¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27518

Prime factors of 27518 are 2, 13759. Prime factorization of 27518 in exponential form is:

27518 = 2¹ × 13759¹

Step-3: Factors of 27500

List of positive integer factors of 27500 that divides 27500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 25, 44, 50, 55, 100, 110, 125, 220, 250, 275, 500, 550, 625, 1100, 1250, 1375, 2500, 2750, 5500, 6875, 13750

Step-4: Factors of 27518

List of positive integer factors of 27518 that divides 27500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13759

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27500 and 27518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27500 and 27518 is 2.

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