What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27965 and 27977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27965 and 27977 is 1.

GCF(27965,27977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27965 and 27977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27965 and 27977.

How to find the GCF of 27965 and 27977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27965 and 27977. After we will calculate the factors of 27965 and 27977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 27977

Prime factors of 27977 are 101, 277. Prime factorization of 27977 in exponential form is:

27977 = 101¹ × 277¹

Step-3: Factors of 27965

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 27977

List of positive integer factors of 27977 that divides 27965 without a remainder.

1, 101, 277

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27965 and 27977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27965 and 27977 is 1.

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