What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27987 and 28004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27987 and 28004 is 1.

GCF(27987,28004) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27987 and 28004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27987 and 28004.

How to find the GCF of 27987 and 28004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27987 and 28004. After we will calculate the factors of 27987 and 28004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27987

Prime factors of 27987 are 3, 19, 491. Prime factorization of 27987 in exponential form is:

27987 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 491¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28004

Prime factors of 28004 are 2, 7001. Prime factorization of 28004 in exponential form is:

28004 = 2² × 7001¹

Step-3: Factors of 27987

List of positive integer factors of 27987 that divides 27987 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 491, 1473, 9329

Step-4: Factors of 28004

List of positive integer factors of 28004 that divides 27987 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7001, 14002

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27987 and 28004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27987 and 28004 is 1.

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