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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16987 and 17006?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16987 and 17006 is 1.

GCF(16987,17006) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16987 and 17006, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16987 and 17006.

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How to find the GCF of 16987 and 17006?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16987 and 17006. After we will calculate the factors of 16987 and 17006 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16987

Prime factors of 16987 are 16987. Prime factorization of 16987 in exponential form is:

16987 = 169871

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17006

Prime factors of 17006 are 2, 11, 773. Prime factorization of 17006 in exponential form is:

17006 = 21 × 111 × 7731

Step-3: Factors of 16987

List of positive integer factors of 16987 that divides 16987 without a remainder.

1

Step-4: Factors of 17006

List of positive integer factors of 17006 that divides 16987 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 773, 1546, 8503

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16987 and 17006. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16987 and 17006 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16987 and 17006