What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27977 and 27991?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27977 and 27991 is 1.

GCF(27977,27991) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27977 and 27991, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27977 and 27991.

How to find the GCF of 27977 and 27991?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27977 and 27991. After we will calculate the factors of 27977 and 27991 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 27991

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

27991 = 23¹ × 1217¹

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 27991

List of positive integer factors of 27991 that divides 27977 without a remainder.

1, 23, 1217

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27977 and 27991. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27977 and 27991 is 1.

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