What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27862 and 27874?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27862 and 27874 is 2.

GCF(27862,27874) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27862 and 27874, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27862 and 27874.

How to find the GCF of 27862 and 27874?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27862 and 27874. After we will calculate the factors of 27862 and 27874 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27862

Prime factors of 27862 are 2, 13931. Prime factorization of 27862 in exponential form is:

27862 = 2¹ × 13931¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27874

Prime factors of 27874 are 2, 7, 11, 181. Prime factorization of 27874 in exponential form is:

27874 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 181¹

Step-3: Factors of 27862

List of positive integer factors of 27862 that divides 27862 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13931

Step-4: Factors of 27874

List of positive integer factors of 27874 that divides 27862 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 11, 14, 22, 77, 154, 181, 362, 1267, 1991, 2534, 3982, 13937

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27862 and 27874. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27862 and 27874 is 2.

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