What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27748 and 27756?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27748 and 27756 is 4.

GCF(27748,27756) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27748 and 27756, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27748 and 27756.

How to find the GCF of 27748 and 27756?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27748 and 27756. After we will calculate the factors of 27748 and 27756 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27748

Prime factors of 27748 are 2, 7, 991. Prime factorization of 27748 in exponential form is:

27748 = 2² × 7¹ × 991¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27756

Prime factors of 27756 are 2, 3, 257. Prime factorization of 27756 in exponential form is:

27756 = 2² × 3³ × 257¹

Step-3: Factors of 27748

List of positive integer factors of 27748 that divides 27748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 991, 1982, 3964, 6937, 13874

Step-4: Factors of 27756

List of positive integer factors of 27756 that divides 27748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108, 257, 514, 771, 1028, 1542, 2313, 3084, 4626, 6939, 9252, 13878

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27748 and 27756. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27748 and 27756 is 4.

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