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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27976 and 27986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27976 and 27986 is 2.

GCF(27976,27986) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27976 and 27986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27976 and 27986.

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How to find the GCF of 27976 and 27986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27976 and 27986. After we will calculate the factors of 27976 and 27986 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27976

Prime factors of 27976 are 2, 13, 269. Prime factorization of 27976 in exponential form is:

27976 = 23 × 131 × 2691

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27986

Prime factors of 27986 are 2, 7, 1999. Prime factorization of 27986 in exponential form is:

27986 = 21 × 71 × 19991

Step-3: Factors of 27976

List of positive integer factors of 27976 that divides 27976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 26, 52, 104, 269, 538, 1076, 2152, 3497, 6994, 13988

Step-4: Factors of 27986

List of positive integer factors of 27986 that divides 27976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1999, 3998, 13993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27976 and 27986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27976 and 27986 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27976 and 27986