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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27942 and 27955?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27942 and 27955 is 1.

GCF(27942,27955) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27942 and 27955, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27942 and 27955.

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How to find the GCF of 27942 and 27955?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27942 and 27955. After we will calculate the factors of 27942 and 27955 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27942

Prime factors of 27942 are 2, 3, 4657. Prime factorization of 27942 in exponential form is:

27942 = 21 × 31 × 46571

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27955

Prime factors of 27955 are 5, 5591. Prime factorization of 27955 in exponential form is:

27955 = 51 × 55911

Step-3: Factors of 27942

List of positive integer factors of 27942 that divides 27942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 4657, 9314, 13971

Step-4: Factors of 27955

List of positive integer factors of 27955 that divides 27942 without a remainder.

1, 5, 5591

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27942 and 27955. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27942 and 27955 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27942 and 27955