What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27950 and 27965?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27950 and 27965 is 5.

GCF(27950,27965) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27950 and 27965, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27950 and 27965.

How to find the GCF of 27950 and 27965?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27950 and 27965. After we will calculate the factors of 27950 and 27965 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27950

Prime factors of 27950 are 2, 5, 13, 43. Prime factorization of 27950 in exponential form is:

27950 = 2¹ × 5² × 13¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27965

Prime factors of 27965 are 5, 7, 17, 47. Prime factorization of 27965 in exponential form is:

27965 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 27950

List of positive integer factors of 27950 that divides 27950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 25, 26, 43, 50, 65, 86, 130, 215, 325, 430, 559, 650, 1075, 1118, 2150, 2795, 5590, 13975

Step-4: Factors of 27965

List of positive integer factors of 27965 that divides 27950 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 17, 35, 47, 85, 119, 235, 329, 595, 799, 1645, 3995, 5593

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27950 and 27965. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27950 and 27965 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27950 and 27965