What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27578 and 27582?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27578 and 27582 is 2.

GCF(27578,27582) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27578 and 27582, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27578 and 27582.

How to find the GCF of 27578 and 27582?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27578 and 27582. After we will calculate the factors of 27578 and 27582 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27578

Prime factors of 27578 are 2, 13789. Prime factorization of 27578 in exponential form is:

27578 = 2¹ × 13789¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27582

Prime factors of 27582 are 2, 3, 4597. Prime factorization of 27582 in exponential form is:

27582 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 4597¹

Step-3: Factors of 27578

List of positive integer factors of 27578 that divides 27578 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13789

Step-4: Factors of 27582

List of positive integer factors of 27582 that divides 27578 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4597, 9194, 13791

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27578 and 27582. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27578 and 27582 is 2.

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