What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17372 and 17377?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17372 and 17377 is 1.

GCF(17372,17377) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17372 and 17377, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17372 and 17377.

How to find the GCF of 17372 and 17377?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17372 and 17377. After we will calculate the factors of 17372 and 17377 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17372

Prime factors of 17372 are 2, 43, 101. Prime factorization of 17372 in exponential form is:

17372 = 2² × 43¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17377

Prime factors of 17377 are 17377. Prime factorization of 17377 in exponential form is:

17377 = 17377¹

Step-3: Factors of 17372

List of positive integer factors of 17372 that divides 17372 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 43, 86, 101, 172, 202, 404, 4343, 8686

Step-4: Factors of 17377

List of positive integer factors of 17377 that divides 17372 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17372 and 17377. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17372 and 17377 is 1.

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