What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27878 and 27892?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27878 and 27892 is 2.

GCF(27878,27892) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27878 and 27892, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27878 and 27892.

How to find the GCF of 27878 and 27892?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27878 and 27892. After we will calculate the factors of 27878 and 27892 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27878

Prime factors of 27878 are 2, 53, 263. Prime factorization of 27878 in exponential form is:

27878 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 263¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27892

Prime factors of 27892 are 2, 19, 367. Prime factorization of 27892 in exponential form is:

27892 = 2² × 19¹ × 367¹

Step-3: Factors of 27878

List of positive integer factors of 27878 that divides 27878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 263, 526, 13939

Step-4: Factors of 27892

List of positive integer factors of 27892 that divides 27878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 367, 734, 1468, 6973, 13946

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27878 and 27892. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27878 and 27892 is 2.

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