What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17673 and 17682?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17673 and 17682 is 3.

GCF(17673,17682) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17673 and 17682, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17673 and 17682.

How to find the GCF of 17673 and 17682?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17673 and 17682. After we will calculate the factors of 17673 and 17682 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 17682

Prime factors of 17682 are 2, 3, 7, 421. Prime factorization of 17682 in exponential form is:

17682 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 421¹

Step-3: Factors of 17673

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 17682

List of positive integer factors of 17682 that divides 17673 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 421, 842, 1263, 2526, 2947, 5894, 8841

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17673 and 17682. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17673 and 17682 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17673 and 17682