What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27880 and 27892?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27880 and 27892 is 4.

GCF(27880,27892) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27880 and 27892, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27880 and 27892.

How to find the GCF of 27880 and 27892?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27880 and 27892. After we will calculate the factors of 27880 and 27892 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27880

Prime factors of 27880 are 2, 5, 17, 41. Prime factorization of 27880 in exponential form is:

27880 = 2³ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 41¹

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 27880

List of positive integer factors of 27880 that divides 27880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 17, 20, 34, 40, 41, 68, 82, 85, 136, 164, 170, 205, 328, 340, 410, 680, 697, 820, 1394, 1640, 2788, 3485, 5576, 6970, 13940

Step-4: Factors of 27892

List of positive integer factors of 27892 that divides 27880 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 27880 and 27892. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27880 and 27892 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27880 and 27892