What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27995 and 27999?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27995 and 27999 is 1.

GCF(27995,27999) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27995 and 27999, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27995 and 27999.

How to find the GCF of 27995 and 27999?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27995 and 27999. After we will calculate the factors of 27995 and 27999 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27995

Prime factors of 27995 are 5, 11, 509. Prime factorization of 27995 in exponential form is:

27995 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 509¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27999

Prime factors of 27999 are 3, 17, 61. Prime factorization of 27999 in exponential form is:

27999 = 3³ × 17¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 27995

List of positive integer factors of 27995 that divides 27995 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 509, 2545, 5599

Step-4: Factors of 27999

List of positive integer factors of 27999 that divides 27995 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 27, 51, 61, 153, 183, 459, 549, 1037, 1647, 3111, 9333

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27995 and 27999. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27995 and 27999 is 1.

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