What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27998 and 28012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27998 and 28012 is 2.

GCF(27998,28012) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27998 and 28012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27998 and 28012.

How to find the GCF of 27998 and 28012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27998 and 28012. After we will calculate the factors of 27998 and 28012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27998

Prime factors of 27998 are 2, 13999. Prime factorization of 27998 in exponential form is:

27998 = 2¹ × 13999¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 28012

Prime factors of 28012 are 2, 47, 149. Prime factorization of 28012 in exponential form is:

28012 = 2² × 47¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 27998

List of positive integer factors of 27998 that divides 27998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13999

Step-4: Factors of 28012

List of positive integer factors of 28012 that divides 27998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 47, 94, 149, 188, 298, 596, 7003, 14006

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27998 and 28012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27998 and 28012 is 2.

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