What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17557 and 17572?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17557 and 17572 is 1.

GCF(17557,17572) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17557 and 17572, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17557 and 17572.

How to find the GCF of 17557 and 17572?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17557 and 17572. After we will calculate the factors of 17557 and 17572 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17557

Prime factors of 17557 are 97, 181. Prime factorization of 17557 in exponential form is:

17557 = 97¹ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17572

Prime factors of 17572 are 2, 23, 191. Prime factorization of 17572 in exponential form is:

17572 = 2² × 23¹ × 191¹

Step-3: Factors of 17557

List of positive integer factors of 17557 that divides 17557 without a remainder.

1, 97, 181

Step-4: Factors of 17572

List of positive integer factors of 17572 that divides 17557 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 191, 382, 764, 4393, 8786

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17557 and 17572. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17557 and 17572 is 1.

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