What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27879 and 27898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27879 and 27898 is 1.

GCF(27879,27898) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27879 and 27898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27879 and 27898.

How to find the GCF of 27879 and 27898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27879 and 27898. After we will calculate the factors of 27879 and 27898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27879

Prime factors of 27879 are 3, 9293. Prime factorization of 27879 in exponential form is:

27879 = 3¹ × 9293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27898

Prime factors of 27898 are 2, 13, 29, 37. Prime factorization of 27898 in exponential form is:

27898 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 29¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 27879

List of positive integer factors of 27879 that divides 27879 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9293

Step-4: Factors of 27898

List of positive integer factors of 27898 that divides 27879 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 29, 37, 58, 74, 377, 481, 754, 962, 1073, 2146, 13949

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27879 and 27898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27879 and 27898 is 1.

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