What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27746 and 27752?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27746 and 27752 is 2.

GCF(27746,27752) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27746 and 27752, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27746 and 27752.

How to find the GCF of 27746 and 27752?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27746 and 27752. After we will calculate the factors of 27746 and 27752 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27746

Prime factors of 27746 are 2, 13873. Prime factorization of 27746 in exponential form is:

27746 = 2¹ × 13873¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27752

Prime factors of 27752 are 2, 3469. Prime factorization of 27752 in exponential form is:

27752 = 2³ × 3469¹

Step-3: Factors of 27746

List of positive integer factors of 27746 that divides 27746 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13873

Step-4: Factors of 27752

List of positive integer factors of 27752 that divides 27746 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 3469, 6938, 13876

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27746 and 27752. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27746 and 27752 is 2.

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