What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17893 and 17900?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17893 and 17900 is 1.

GCF(17893,17900) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17893 and 17900, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17893 and 17900.

How to find the GCF of 17893 and 17900?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17893 and 17900. After we will calculate the factors of 17893 and 17900 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17893

Prime factors of 17893 are 29, 617. Prime factorization of 17893 in exponential form is:

17893 = 29¹ × 617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17900

Prime factors of 17900 are 2, 5, 179. Prime factorization of 17900 in exponential form is:

17900 = 2² × 5² × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 17893

List of positive integer factors of 17893 that divides 17893 without a remainder.

1, 29, 617

Step-4: Factors of 17900

List of positive integer factors of 17900 that divides 17893 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 179, 358, 716, 895, 1790, 3580, 4475, 8950

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17893 and 17900. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17893 and 17900 is 1.

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