What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27543 and 27558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27543 and 27558 is 3.

GCF(27543,27558) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27543 and 27558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27543 and 27558.

How to find the GCF of 27543 and 27558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27543 and 27558. After we will calculate the factors of 27543 and 27558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27543

Prime factors of 27543 are 3, 9181. Prime factorization of 27543 in exponential form is:

27543 = 3¹ × 9181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27558

Prime factors of 27558 are 2, 3, 1531. Prime factorization of 27558 in exponential form is:

27558 = 2¹ × 3² × 1531¹

Step-3: Factors of 27543

List of positive integer factors of 27543 that divides 27543 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9181

Step-4: Factors of 27558

List of positive integer factors of 27558 that divides 27543 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1531, 3062, 4593, 9186, 13779

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27543 and 27558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27543 and 27558 is 3.

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