What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27972 and 27987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27972 and 27987 is 3.

GCF(27972,27987) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27972 and 27987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27972 and 27987.

How to find the GCF of 27972 and 27987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27972 and 27987. After we will calculate the factors of 27972 and 27987 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 27987

Prime factors of 27987 are 3, 19, 491. Prime factorization of 27987 in exponential form is:

27987 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 491¹

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 27987

List of positive integer factors of 27987 that divides 27972 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 491, 1473, 9329

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27972 and 27987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27972 and 27987 is 3.

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