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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27838 and 27850?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27838 and 27850 is 2.

GCF(27838,27850) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27838 and 27850, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27838 and 27850.

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How to find the GCF of 27838 and 27850?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27838 and 27850. After we will calculate the factors of 27838 and 27850 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27838

Prime factors of 27838 are 2, 31, 449. Prime factorization of 27838 in exponential form is:

27838 = 21 × 311 × 4491

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27850

Prime factors of 27850 are 2, 5, 557. Prime factorization of 27850 in exponential form is:

27850 = 21 × 52 × 5571

Step-3: Factors of 27838

List of positive integer factors of 27838 that divides 27838 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 449, 898, 13919

Step-4: Factors of 27850

List of positive integer factors of 27850 that divides 27838 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 557, 1114, 2785, 5570, 13925

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27838 and 27850. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27838 and 27850 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27838 and 27850