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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27596 and 27602?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27596 and 27602 is 2.

GCF(27596,27602) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27596 and 27602, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27596 and 27602.

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How to find the GCF of 27596 and 27602?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27596 and 27602. After we will calculate the factors of 27596 and 27602 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27596

Prime factors of 27596 are 2, 6899. Prime factorization of 27596 in exponential form is:

27596 = 22 × 68991

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27602

Prime factors of 27602 are 2, 37, 373. Prime factorization of 27602 in exponential form is:

27602 = 21 × 371 × 3731

Step-3: Factors of 27596

List of positive integer factors of 27596 that divides 27596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 6899, 13798

Step-4: Factors of 27602

List of positive integer factors of 27602 that divides 27596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 373, 746, 13801

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27596 and 27602. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27596 and 27602 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27596 and 27602