What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27914 and 27922?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27914 and 27922 is 2.

GCF(27914,27922) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27914 and 27922, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27914 and 27922.

How to find the GCF of 27914 and 27922?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27914 and 27922. After we will calculate the factors of 27914 and 27922 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27914

Prime factors of 27914 are 2, 17, 821. Prime factorization of 27914 in exponential form is:

27914 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 821¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27922

Prime factors of 27922 are 2, 23, 607. Prime factorization of 27922 in exponential form is:

27922 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 607¹

Step-3: Factors of 27914

List of positive integer factors of 27914 that divides 27914 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 821, 1642, 13957

Step-4: Factors of 27922

List of positive integer factors of 27922 that divides 27914 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 607, 1214, 13961

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27914 and 27922. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27914 and 27922 is 2.

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