What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17655 and 17672?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17655 and 17672 is 1.

GCF(17655,17672) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17655 and 17672, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17655 and 17672.

How to find the GCF of 17655 and 17672?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17655 and 17672. After we will calculate the factors of 17655 and 17672 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17655

Prime factors of 17655 are 3, 5, 11, 107. Prime factorization of 17655 in exponential form is:

17655 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17672

Prime factors of 17672 are 2, 47. Prime factorization of 17672 in exponential form is:

17672 = 2³ × 47²

Step-3: Factors of 17655

List of positive integer factors of 17655 that divides 17655 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 11, 15, 33, 55, 107, 165, 321, 535, 1177, 1605, 3531, 5885

Step-4: Factors of 17672

List of positive integer factors of 17672 that divides 17655 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 47, 94, 188, 376, 2209, 4418, 8836

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17655 and 17672. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17655 and 17672 is 1.

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