What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27926 and 27931?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27926 and 27931 is 1.

GCF(27926,27931) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27926 and 27931, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27926 and 27931.

How to find the GCF of 27926 and 27931?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27926 and 27931. After we will calculate the factors of 27926 and 27931 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27926

Prime factors of 27926 are 2, 13963. Prime factorization of 27926 in exponential form is:

27926 = 2¹ × 13963¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27931

Prime factors of 27931 are 17, 31, 53. Prime factorization of 27931 in exponential form is:

27931 = 17¹ × 31¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 27926

List of positive integer factors of 27926 that divides 27926 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13963

Step-4: Factors of 27931

List of positive integer factors of 27931 that divides 27926 without a remainder.

1, 17, 31, 53, 527, 901, 1643

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27926 and 27931. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27926 and 27931 is 1.

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