What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17851 and 17868?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17851 and 17868 is 1.

GCF(17851,17868) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17851 and 17868, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17851 and 17868.

How to find the GCF of 17851 and 17868?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17851 and 17868. After we will calculate the factors of 17851 and 17868 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17851

Prime factors of 17851 are 17851. Prime factorization of 17851 in exponential form is:

17851 = 17851¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17868

Prime factors of 17868 are 2, 3, 1489. Prime factorization of 17868 in exponential form is:

17868 = 2² × 3¹ × 1489¹

Step-3: Factors of 17851

List of positive integer factors of 17851 that divides 17851 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 17868

List of positive integer factors of 17868 that divides 17851 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1489, 2978, 4467, 5956, 8934

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17851 and 17868. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17851 and 17868 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17851 and 17868