What is the Greatest Common Factor of 27158 and 27176?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 27158 and 27176 is 2.

GCF(27158,27176) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 27158 and 27176, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 27158 and 27176.

How to find the GCF of 27158 and 27176?

We will first find the prime factorization of 27158 and 27176. After we will calculate the factors of 27158 and 27176 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 27158

Prime factors of 27158 are 2, 37, 367. Prime factorization of 27158 in exponential form is:

27158 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 367¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 27176

Prime factors of 27176 are 2, 43, 79. Prime factorization of 27176 in exponential form is:

27176 = 2³ × 43¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 27158

List of positive integer factors of 27158 that divides 27158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 367, 734, 13579

Step-4: Factors of 27176

List of positive integer factors of 27176 that divides 27158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 43, 79, 86, 158, 172, 316, 344, 632, 3397, 6794, 13588

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 27158 and 27176. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 27158 and 27176 is 2.

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