What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17736 and 17747?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17736 and 17747 is 1.

GCF(17736,17747) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17736 and 17747, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17736 and 17747.

How to find the GCF of 17736 and 17747?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17736 and 17747. After we will calculate the factors of 17736 and 17747 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17736

Prime factors of 17736 are 2, 3, 739. Prime factorization of 17736 in exponential form is:

17736 = 2³ × 3¹ × 739¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17747

Prime factors of 17747 are 17747. Prime factorization of 17747 in exponential form is:

17747 = 17747¹

Step-3: Factors of 17736

List of positive integer factors of 17736 that divides 17736 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 739, 1478, 2217, 2956, 4434, 5912, 8868

Step-4: Factors of 17747

List of positive integer factors of 17747 that divides 17736 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17736 and 17747. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17736 and 17747 is 1.

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