What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17833 and 17842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17833 and 17842 is 1.

GCF(17833,17842) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17833 and 17842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17833 and 17842.

How to find the GCF of 17833 and 17842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17833 and 17842. After we will calculate the factors of 17833 and 17842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17833

Prime factors of 17833 are 17, 1049. Prime factorization of 17833 in exponential form is:

17833 = 17¹ × 1049¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17842

Prime factors of 17842 are 2, 11, 811. Prime factorization of 17842 in exponential form is:

17842 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 811¹

Step-3: Factors of 17833

List of positive integer factors of 17833 that divides 17833 without a remainder.

1, 17, 1049

Step-4: Factors of 17842

List of positive integer factors of 17842 that divides 17833 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 811, 1622, 8921

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17833 and 17842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17833 and 17842 is 1.

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