What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27964 and 27968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27964 and 27968 is 4.

GCF(27964,27968) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27964 and 27968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27964 and 27968.

How to find the GCF of 27964 and 27968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27964 and 27968. After we will calculate the factors of 27964 and 27968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27964

Prime factors of 27964 are 2, 6991. Prime factorization of 27964 in exponential form is:

27964 = 2² × 6991¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27968

Prime factors of 27968 are 2, 19, 23. Prime factorization of 27968 in exponential form is:

27968 = 2⁶ × 19¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 27964

List of positive integer factors of 27964 that divides 27964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 6991, 13982

Step-4: Factors of 27968

List of positive integer factors of 27968 that divides 27964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 19, 23, 32, 38, 46, 64, 76, 92, 152, 184, 304, 368, 437, 608, 736, 874, 1216, 1472, 1748, 3496, 6992, 13984

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27964 and 27968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27964 and 27968 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27964 and 27968