What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17831 and 17844?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17831 and 17844 is 1.

GCF(17831,17844) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17831 and 17844, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17831 and 17844.

How to find the GCF of 17831 and 17844?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17831 and 17844. After we will calculate the factors of 17831 and 17844 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17831

Prime factors of 17831 are 11, 1621. Prime factorization of 17831 in exponential form is:

17831 = 11¹ × 1621¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17844

Prime factors of 17844 are 2, 3, 1487. Prime factorization of 17844 in exponential form is:

17844 = 2² × 3¹ × 1487¹

Step-3: Factors of 17831

List of positive integer factors of 17831 that divides 17831 without a remainder.

1, 11, 1621

Step-4: Factors of 17844

List of positive integer factors of 17844 that divides 17831 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1487, 2974, 4461, 5948, 8922

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17831 and 17844. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17831 and 17844 is 1.

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