What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27860 and 27866?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27860 and 27866 is 2.

GCF(27860,27866) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27860 and 27866, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27860 and 27866.

How to find the GCF of 27860 and 27866?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27860 and 27866. After we will calculate the factors of 27860 and 27866 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27860

Prime factors of 27860 are 2, 5, 7, 199. Prime factorization of 27860 in exponential form is:

27860 = 2² × 5¹ × 7¹ × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27866

Prime factors of 27866 are 2, 13933. Prime factorization of 27866 in exponential form is:

27866 = 2¹ × 13933¹

Step-3: Factors of 27860

List of positive integer factors of 27860 that divides 27860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 70, 140, 199, 398, 796, 995, 1393, 1990, 2786, 3980, 5572, 6965, 13930

Step-4: Factors of 27866

List of positive integer factors of 27866 that divides 27860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13933

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27860 and 27866. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27860 and 27866 is 2.

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