What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27977 and 27984?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27977 and 27984 is 1.

GCF(27977,27984) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27977 and 27984, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27977 and 27984.

How to find the GCF of 27977 and 27984?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27977 and 27984. After we will calculate the factors of 27977 and 27984 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27977

Prime factors of 27977 are 101, 277. Prime factorization of 27977 in exponential form is:

27977 = 101¹ × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27984

Prime factors of 27984 are 2, 3, 11, 53. Prime factorization of 27984 in exponential form is:

27984 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 27977

List of positive integer factors of 27977 that divides 27977 without a remainder.

1, 101, 277

Step-4: Factors of 27984

List of positive integer factors of 27984 that divides 27977 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 16, 22, 24, 33, 44, 48, 53, 66, 88, 106, 132, 159, 176, 212, 264, 318, 424, 528, 583, 636, 848, 1166, 1272, 1749, 2332, 2544, 3498, 4664, 6996, 9328, 13992

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27977 and 27984. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27977 and 27984 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27977 and 27984