What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27975 and 27982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27975 and 27982 is 1.

GCF(27975,27982) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27975 and 27982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27975 and 27982.

How to find the GCF of 27975 and 27982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27975 and 27982. After we will calculate the factors of 27975 and 27982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27975

Prime factors of 27975 are 3, 5, 373. Prime factorization of 27975 in exponential form is:

27975 = 3¹ × 5² × 373¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27982

Prime factors of 27982 are 2, 17, 823. Prime factorization of 27982 in exponential form is:

27982 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 823¹

Step-3: Factors of 27975

List of positive integer factors of 27975 that divides 27975 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75, 373, 1119, 1865, 5595, 9325

Step-4: Factors of 27982

List of positive integer factors of 27982 that divides 27975 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 823, 1646, 13991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27975 and 27982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27975 and 27982 is 1.

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