What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27933 and 27948?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27933 and 27948 is 3.

GCF(27933,27948) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27933 and 27948, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27933 and 27948.

How to find the GCF of 27933 and 27948?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27933 and 27948. After we will calculate the factors of 27933 and 27948 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27933

Prime factors of 27933 are 3, 9311. Prime factorization of 27933 in exponential form is:

27933 = 3¹ × 9311¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27948

Prime factors of 27948 are 2, 3, 17, 137. Prime factorization of 27948 in exponential form is:

27948 = 2² × 3¹ × 17¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 27933

List of positive integer factors of 27933 that divides 27933 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9311

Step-4: Factors of 27948

List of positive integer factors of 27948 that divides 27933 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 34, 51, 68, 102, 137, 204, 274, 411, 548, 822, 1644, 2329, 4658, 6987, 9316, 13974

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27933 and 27948. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27933 and 27948 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27933 and 27948