What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27992 and 28001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27992 and 28001 is 1.

GCF(27992,28001) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27992 and 28001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27992 and 28001.

How to find the GCF of 27992 and 28001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27992 and 28001. After we will calculate the factors of 27992 and 28001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27992

Prime factors of 27992 are 2, 3499. Prime factorization of 27992 in exponential form is:

27992 = 2³ × 3499¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28001

Prime factors of 28001 are 28001. Prime factorization of 28001 in exponential form is:

28001 = 28001¹

Step-3: Factors of 27992

List of positive integer factors of 27992 that divides 27992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 3499, 6998, 13996

Step-4: Factors of 28001

List of positive integer factors of 28001 that divides 27992 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27992 and 28001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27992 and 28001 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 27992 and 28001