What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17659 and 17673?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17659 and 17673 is 1.

GCF(17659,17673) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17659 and 17673, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17659 and 17673.

How to find the GCF of 17659 and 17673?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17659 and 17673. After we will calculate the factors of 17659 and 17673 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17659

Prime factors of 17659 are 17659. Prime factorization of 17659 in exponential form is:

17659 = 17659¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17673

Prime factors of 17673 are 3, 43, 137. Prime factorization of 17673 in exponential form is:

17673 = 3¹ × 43¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 17659

List of positive integer factors of 17659 that divides 17659 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 17673

List of positive integer factors of 17673 that divides 17659 without a remainder.

1, 3, 43, 129, 137, 411, 5891

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17659 and 17673. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17659 and 17673 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17659 and 17673