What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27782 and 27788?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27782 and 27788 is 2.

GCF(27782,27788) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27782 and 27788, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27782 and 27788.

How to find the GCF of 27782 and 27788?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27782 and 27788. After we will calculate the factors of 27782 and 27788 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27782

Prime factors of 27782 are 2, 29, 479. Prime factorization of 27782 in exponential form is:

27782 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 479¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27788

Prime factors of 27788 are 2, 6947. Prime factorization of 27788 in exponential form is:

27788 = 2² × 6947¹

Step-3: Factors of 27782

List of positive integer factors of 27782 that divides 27782 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 479, 958, 13891

Step-4: Factors of 27788

List of positive integer factors of 27788 that divides 27782 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 6947, 13894

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27782 and 27788. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27782 and 27788 is 2.

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