What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27972 and 27985?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27972 and 27985 is 1.

GCF(27972,27985) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27972 and 27985, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27972 and 27985.

How to find the GCF of 27972 and 27985?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27972 and 27985. After we will calculate the factors of 27972 and 27985 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27972

Prime factors of 27972 are 2, 3, 7, 37. Prime factorization of 27972 in exponential form is:

27972 = 2² × 3³ × 7¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27985

Prime factors of 27985 are 5, 29, 193. Prime factorization of 27985 in exponential form is:

27985 = 5¹ × 29¹ × 193¹

Step-3: Factors of 27972

List of positive integer factors of 27972 that divides 27972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 27, 28, 36, 37, 42, 54, 63, 74, 84, 108, 111, 126, 148, 189, 222, 252, 259, 333, 378, 444, 518, 666, 756, 777, 999, 1036, 1332, 1554, 1998, 2331, 3108, 3996, 4662, 6993, 9324, 13986

Step-4: Factors of 27985

List of positive integer factors of 27985 that divides 27972 without a remainder.

1, 5, 29, 145, 193, 965, 5597

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27972 and 27985. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27972 and 27985 is 1.

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