What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27872 and 27890?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27872 and 27890 is 2.

GCF(27872,27890) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27872 and 27890, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27872 and 27890.

How to find the GCF of 27872 and 27890?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27872 and 27890. After we will calculate the factors of 27872 and 27890 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27872

Prime factors of 27872 are 2, 13, 67. Prime factorization of 27872 in exponential form is:

27872 = 2⁵ × 13¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27890

Prime factors of 27890 are 2, 5, 2789. Prime factorization of 27890 in exponential form is:

27890 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 2789¹

Step-3: Factors of 27872

List of positive integer factors of 27872 that divides 27872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 16, 26, 32, 52, 67, 104, 134, 208, 268, 416, 536, 871, 1072, 1742, 2144, 3484, 6968, 13936

Step-4: Factors of 27890

List of positive integer factors of 27890 that divides 27872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 2789, 5578, 13945

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27872 and 27890. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27872 and 27890 is 2.

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