What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27727 and 27741?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27727 and 27741 is 7.

GCF(27727,27741) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27727 and 27741, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27727 and 27741.

How to find the GCF of 27727 and 27741?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27727 and 27741. After we will calculate the factors of 27727 and 27741 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27727

Prime factors of 27727 are 7, 17, 233. Prime factorization of 27727 in exponential form is:

27727 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27741

Prime factors of 27741 are 3, 7, 1321. Prime factorization of 27741 in exponential form is:

27741 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1321¹

Step-3: Factors of 27727

List of positive integer factors of 27727 that divides 27727 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 119, 233, 1631, 3961

Step-4: Factors of 27741

List of positive integer factors of 27741 that divides 27727 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1321, 3963, 9247

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27727 and 27741. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27727 and 27741 is 7.

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