What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27696 and 27700?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27696 and 27700 is 4.

GCF(27696,27700) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27696 and 27700, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27696 and 27700.

How to find the GCF of 27696 and 27700?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27696 and 27700. After we will calculate the factors of 27696 and 27700 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 27700

Prime factors of 27700 are 2, 5, 277. Prime factorization of 27700 in exponential form is:

27700 = 2² × 5² × 277¹

Step-3: Factors of 27696

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 27700

List of positive integer factors of 27700 that divides 27696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 277, 554, 1108, 1385, 2770, 5540, 6925, 13850

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27696 and 27700. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27696 and 27700 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27696 and 27700