What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27994 and 28014?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27994 and 28014 is 2.

GCF(27994,28014) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27994 and 28014, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27994 and 28014.

How to find the GCF of 27994 and 28014?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27994 and 28014. After we will calculate the factors of 27994 and 28014 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27994

Prime factors of 27994 are 2, 13997. Prime factorization of 27994 in exponential form is:

27994 = 2¹ × 13997¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28014

Prime factors of 28014 are 2, 3, 7, 23, 29. Prime factorization of 28014 in exponential form is:

28014 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 23¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 27994

List of positive integer factors of 27994 that divides 27994 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13997

Step-4: Factors of 28014

List of positive integer factors of 28014 that divides 27994 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 23, 29, 42, 46, 58, 69, 87, 138, 161, 174, 203, 322, 406, 483, 609, 667, 966, 1218, 1334, 2001, 4002, 4669, 9338, 14007

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27994 and 28014. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27994 and 28014 is 2.

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