What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27518 and 27531?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27518 and 27531 is 1.

GCF(27518,27531) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27518 and 27531, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27518 and 27531.

How to find the GCF of 27518 and 27531?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27518 and 27531. After we will calculate the factors of 27518 and 27531 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27518

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

27518 = 2¹ × 13759¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27531

Prime factors of 27531 are 3, 7, 19, 23. Prime factorization of 27531 in exponential form is:

27531 = 3² × 7¹ × 19¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 27518

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

1, 2, 13759

Step-4: Factors of 27531

List of positive integer factors of 27531 that divides 27518 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 19, 21, 23, 57, 63, 69, 133, 161, 171, 207, 399, 437, 483, 1197, 1311, 1449, 3059, 3933, 9177

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27518 and 27531. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27518 and 27531 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27518 and 27531