What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27796 and 27816?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27796 and 27816 is 4.

GCF(27796,27816) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27796 and 27816, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27796 and 27816.

How to find the GCF of 27796 and 27816?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27796 and 27816. After we will calculate the factors of 27796 and 27816 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27796

Prime factors of 27796 are 2, 6949. Prime factorization of 27796 in exponential form is:

27796 = 2² × 6949¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27816

Prime factors of 27816 are 2, 3, 19, 61. Prime factorization of 27816 in exponential form is:

27816 = 2³ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 27796

List of positive integer factors of 27796 that divides 27796 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 6949, 13898

Step-4: Factors of 27816

List of positive integer factors of 27816 that divides 27796 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 19, 24, 38, 57, 61, 76, 114, 122, 152, 183, 228, 244, 366, 456, 488, 732, 1159, 1464, 2318, 3477, 4636, 6954, 9272, 13908

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27796 and 27816. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27796 and 27816 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27796 and 27816