What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27687 and 27696?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27687 and 27696 is 3.

GCF(27687,27696) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27687 and 27696, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27687 and 27696.

How to find the GCF of 27687 and 27696?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27687 and 27696. After we will calculate the factors of 27687 and 27696 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27687

Prime factors of 27687 are 3, 11, 839. Prime factorization of 27687 in exponential form is:

27687 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 839¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27696

Prime factors of 27696 are 2, 3, 577. Prime factorization of 27696 in exponential form is:

27696 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 577¹

Step-3: Factors of 27687

List of positive integer factors of 27687 that divides 27687 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 839, 2517, 9229

Step-4: Factors of 27696

List of positive integer factors of 27696 that divides 27687 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 577, 1154, 1731, 2308, 3462, 4616, 6924, 9232, 13848

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27687 and 27696. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27687 and 27696 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27687 and 27696