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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27965 and 27980?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27965 and 27980 is 5.

GCF(27965,27980) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27965 and 27980, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27965 and 27980.

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How to find the GCF of 27965 and 27980?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27965 and 27980. After we will calculate the factors of 27965 and 27980 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 27980

Prime factors of 27980 are 2, 5, 1399. Prime factorization of 27980 in exponential form is:

27980 = 22 × 51 × 13991

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 27980

List of positive integer factors of 27980 that divides 27965 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 1399, 2798, 5596, 6995, 13990

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27965 and 27980. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27965 and 27980 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27965 and 27980