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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17740 and 17759?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17740 and 17759 is 1.

GCF(17740,17759) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17740 and 17759, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17740 and 17759.

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How to find the GCF of 17740 and 17759?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17740 and 17759. After we will calculate the factors of 17740 and 17759 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17740

Prime factors of 17740 are 2, 5, 887. Prime factorization of 17740 in exponential form is:

17740 = 22 × 51 × 8871

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17759

Prime factors of 17759 are 7, 43, 59. Prime factorization of 17759 in exponential form is:

17759 = 71 × 431 × 591

Step-3: Factors of 17740

List of positive integer factors of 17740 that divides 17740 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 887, 1774, 3548, 4435, 8870

Step-4: Factors of 17759

List of positive integer factors of 17759 that divides 17740 without a remainder.

1, 7, 43, 59, 301, 413, 2537

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17740 and 17759. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17740 and 17759 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17740 and 17759