What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27640 and 27655?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27640 and 27655 is 5.

GCF(27640,27655) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27640 and 27655, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27640 and 27655.

How to find the GCF of 27640 and 27655?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27640 and 27655. After we will calculate the factors of 27640 and 27655 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27640

Prime factors of 27640 are 2, 5, 691. Prime factorization of 27640 in exponential form is:

27640 = 2³ × 5¹ × 691¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27655

Prime factors of 27655 are 5, 5531. Prime factorization of 27655 in exponential form is:

27655 = 5¹ × 5531¹

Step-3: Factors of 27640

List of positive integer factors of 27640 that divides 27640 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 691, 1382, 2764, 3455, 5528, 6910, 13820

Step-4: Factors of 27655

List of positive integer factors of 27655 that divides 27640 without a remainder.

1, 5, 5531

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27640 and 27655. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27640 and 27655 is 5.

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