What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27579 and 27597?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27579 and 27597 is 3.

GCF(27579,27597) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27579 and 27597, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27579 and 27597.

How to find the GCF of 27579 and 27597?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27579 and 27597. After we will calculate the factors of 27579 and 27597 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27579

Prime factors of 27579 are 3, 29, 317. Prime factorization of 27579 in exponential form is:

27579 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 317¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27597

Prime factors of 27597 are 3, 9199. Prime factorization of 27597 in exponential form is:

27597 = 3¹ × 9199¹

Step-3: Factors of 27579

List of positive integer factors of 27579 that divides 27579 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 317, 951, 9193

Step-4: Factors of 27597

List of positive integer factors of 27597 that divides 27579 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9199

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27579 and 27597. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27579 and 27597 is 3.

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