GCF and LCM of 25 and 27

The GCF of 25 and 27 is 1. The LCM of 25 and 27 is 675.

25 and 27 share no common factor except 1, so they are coprime (relatively prime). When two numbers are coprime their LCM is simply their product: 25 × 27 = 675.

Method 1: list the factors (GCF)

Factors of 25: 1, 5, 25.
Factors of 27: 1, 3, 9, 27.
Common factors: 1. The greatest of these is 1.

Method 2: prime factorization

25 = 5 × 5
27 = 3 × 3 × 3

GCF: multiply the prime factors both numbers share: there are none, so the GCF is 1.

LCM: multiply every prime the maximum number of times it appears in either number: 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 5 = 675.

Method 3: Euclidean algorithm (GCF)

Divide the larger number by the smaller and repeat with the remainder until it is 0. The last non-zero remainder is the GCF.

  1. 27 = 1 × 25 + 2
  2. 25 = 12 × 2 + 1
  3. 2 = 2 × 1 + 0

The last non-zero remainder is 1, so GCF(25, 27) = 1.

LCM by listing multiples

Multiples of 25: 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, ...
Multiples of 27: 27, 54, 81, 108, 135, 162, 189, 216, 243, ...
The first number in both lists is 675.

Check: GCF × LCM = product

1 × 675 = 675 = 25 × 27. This always holds for two numbers, so you can find the LCM as (25 × 27) ÷ 1 = 675.

Simplifying the fraction 25/27

25/27 is already in lowest terms because the GCF of 25 and 27 is 1.

GCF and LCM of similar pairs

NumbersGCFLCM
2 and 25150
3 and 25175
4 and 251100
5 and 25525
6 and 251150
7 and 251175
2 and 27154
3 and 27327
4 and 271108
5 and 271135
6 and 27354
7 and 271189

See also: factors of 25 · factors of 27.

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