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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17547 and 17562?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17547 and 17562 is 3.

GCF(17547,17562) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17547 and 17562, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17547 and 17562.

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How to find the GCF of 17547 and 17562?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17547 and 17562. After we will calculate the factors of 17547 and 17562 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17547

Prime factors of 17547 are 3, 5849. Prime factorization of 17547 in exponential form is:

17547 = 31 × 58491

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17562

Prime factors of 17562 are 2, 3, 2927. Prime factorization of 17562 in exponential form is:

17562 = 21 × 31 × 29271

Step-3: Factors of 17547

List of positive integer factors of 17547 that divides 17547 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5849

Step-4: Factors of 17562

List of positive integer factors of 17562 that divides 17547 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 2927, 5854, 8781

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17547 and 17562. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17547 and 17562 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17547 and 17562