What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16992 and 17011?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16992 and 17011 is 1.

GCF(16992,17011) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16992 and 17011, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16992 and 17011.

How to find the GCF of 16992 and 17011?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16992 and 17011. After we will calculate the factors of 16992 and 17011 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16992

Prime factors of 16992 are 2, 3, 59. Prime factorization of 16992 in exponential form is:

16992 = 2⁵ × 3² × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17011

Prime factors of 17011 are 17011. Prime factorization of 17011 in exponential form is:

17011 = 17011¹

Step-3: Factors of 16992

List of positive integer factors of 16992 that divides 16992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 32, 36, 48, 59, 72, 96, 118, 144, 177, 236, 288, 354, 472, 531, 708, 944, 1062, 1416, 1888, 2124, 2832, 4248, 5664, 8496

Step-4: Factors of 17011

List of positive integer factors of 17011 that divides 16992 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16992 and 17011. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16992 and 17011 is 1.

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