What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27985 and 28005?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27985 and 28005 is 5.

GCF(27985,28005) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27985 and 28005, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27985 and 28005.

How to find the GCF of 27985 and 28005?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27985 and 28005. After we will calculate the factors of 27985 and 28005 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27985

Prime factors of 27985 are 5, 29, 193. Prime factorization of 27985 in exponential form is:

27985 = 5¹ × 29¹ × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28005

Prime factors of 28005 are 3, 5, 1867. Prime factorization of 28005 in exponential form is:

28005 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 1867¹

Step-3: Factors of 27985

List of positive integer factors of 27985 that divides 27985 without a remainder.

1, 5, 29, 145, 193, 965, 5597

Step-4: Factors of 28005

List of positive integer factors of 28005 that divides 27985 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 1867, 5601, 9335

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27985 and 28005. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27985 and 28005 is 5.

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