What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17761 and 17772?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17761 and 17772 is 1.

GCF(17761,17772) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17761 and 17772, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17761 and 17772.

How to find the GCF of 17761 and 17772?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17761 and 17772. After we will calculate the factors of 17761 and 17772 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17761

Prime factors of 17761 are 17761. Prime factorization of 17761 in exponential form is:

17761 = 17761¹

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 17761

List of positive integer factors of 17761 that divides 17761 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 17772

List of positive integer factors of 17772 that divides 17761 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 17761 and 17772. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17761 and 17772 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17761 and 17772