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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17560 and 17572?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17560 and 17572 is 4.

GCF(17560,17572) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17560 and 17572, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17560 and 17572.

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How to find the GCF of 17560 and 17572?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17560 and 17572. After we will calculate the factors of 17560 and 17572 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17560

Prime factors of 17560 are 2, 5, 439. Prime factorization of 17560 in exponential form is:

17560 = 23 × 51 × 4391

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 17560

List of positive integer factors of 17560 that divides 17560 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 439, 878, 1756, 2195, 3512, 4390, 8780

Step-4: Factors of 17572

List of positive integer factors of 17572 that divides 17560 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 17560 and 17572. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17560 and 17572 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17560 and 17572