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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 427 and 438?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 427 and 438 is 1.

GCF(427,438) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 427 and 438, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 427 and 438.

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How to find the GCF of 427 and 438?

We will first find the prime factorization of 427 and 438. After we will calculate the factors of 427 and 438 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 427

Prime factors of 427 are 7, 61. Prime factorization of 427 in exponential form is:

427 = 71 × 611

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 438

Prime factors of 438 are 2, 3, 73. Prime factorization of 438 in exponential form is:

438 = 21 × 31 × 731

Step-3: Factors of 427

List of positive integer factors of 427 that divides 427 without a remainder.

1, 7, 61

Step-4: Factors of 438

List of positive integer factors of 438 that divides 427 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 73, 146, 219

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 427 and 438. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 427 and 438 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 427 and 438