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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27824 and 27836?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27824 and 27836 is 4.

GCF(27824,27836) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27824 and 27836, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27824 and 27836.

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How to find the GCF of 27824 and 27836?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27824 and 27836. After we will calculate the factors of 27824 and 27836 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27824

Prime factors of 27824 are 2, 37, 47. Prime factorization of 27824 in exponential form is:

27824 = 24 × 371 × 471

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27836

Prime factors of 27836 are 2, 6959. Prime factorization of 27836 in exponential form is:

27836 = 22 × 69591

Step-3: Factors of 27824

List of positive integer factors of 27824 that divides 27824 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 37, 47, 74, 94, 148, 188, 296, 376, 592, 752, 1739, 3478, 6956, 13912

Step-4: Factors of 27836

List of positive integer factors of 27836 that divides 27824 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 6959, 13918

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27824 and 27836. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27824 and 27836 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27824 and 27836