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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17760 and 17772?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17760 and 17772 is 12.

GCF(17760,17772) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17760 and 17772, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17760 and 17772.

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How to find the GCF of 17760 and 17772?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17760 and 17772. After we will calculate the factors of 17760 and 17772 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17760

Prime factors of 17760 are 2, 3, 5, 37. Prime factorization of 17760 in exponential form is:

17760 = 25 × 31 × 51 × 371

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17772

Prime factors of 17772 are 2, 3, 1481. Prime factorization of 17772 in exponential form is:

17772 = 22 × 31 × 14811

Step-3: Factors of 17760

List of positive integer factors of 17760 that divides 17760 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 37, 40, 48, 60, 74, 80, 96, 111, 120, 148, 160, 185, 222, 240, 296, 370, 444, 480, 555, 592, 740, 888, 1110, 1184, 1480, 1776, 2220, 2960, 3552, 4440, 5920, 8880

Step-4: Factors of 17772

List of positive integer factors of 17772 that divides 17760 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1481, 2962, 4443, 5924, 8886

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17760 and 17772. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17760 and 17772 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17760 and 17772