What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27976 and 27991?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27976 and 27991 is 1.

GCF(27976,27991) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27976 and 27991, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27976 and 27991.

How to find the GCF of 27976 and 27991?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27976 and 27991. After we will calculate the factors of 27976 and 27991 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 27991

Prime factors of 27991 are 23, 1217. Prime factorization of 27991 in exponential form is:

27991 = 23¹ × 1217¹

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 27991

List of positive integer factors of 27991 that divides 27976 without a remainder.

1, 23, 1217

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27976 and 27991. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27976 and 27991 is 1.

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