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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17844 and 17853?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17844 and 17853 is 3.

GCF(17844,17853) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17844 and 17853, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17844 and 17853.

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How to find the GCF of 17844 and 17853?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17844 and 17853. After we will calculate the factors of 17844 and 17853 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 17853

Prime factors of 17853 are 3, 11, 541. Prime factorization of 17853 in exponential form is:

17853 = 31 × 111 × 5411

Step-3: Factors of 17844

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 17853

List of positive integer factors of 17853 that divides 17844 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 541, 1623, 5951

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17844 and 17853. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17844 and 17853 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17844 and 17853