What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27949 and 27961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27949 and 27961 is 1.

GCF(27949,27961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27949 and 27961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27949 and 27961.

How to find the GCF of 27949 and 27961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27949 and 27961. After we will calculate the factors of 27949 and 27961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27949

Prime factors of 27949 are 19, 1471. Prime factorization of 27949 in exponential form is:

27949 = 19¹ × 1471¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27961

Prime factors of 27961 are 27961. Prime factorization of 27961 in exponential form is:

27961 = 27961¹

Step-3: Factors of 27949

List of positive integer factors of 27949 that divides 27949 without a remainder.

1, 19, 1471

Step-4: Factors of 27961

List of positive integer factors of 27961 that divides 27949 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27949 and 27961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27949 and 27961 is 1.

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