What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17894 and 17901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17894 and 17901 is 1.

GCF(17894,17901) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17894 and 17901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17894 and 17901.

How to find the GCF of 17894 and 17901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17894 and 17901. After we will calculate the factors of 17894 and 17901 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17894

Prime factors of 17894 are 2, 23, 389. Prime factorization of 17894 in exponential form is:

17894 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17901

Prime factors of 17901 are 3, 13, 17. Prime factorization of 17901 in exponential form is:

17901 = 3⁴ × 13¹ × 17¹

Step-3: Factors of 17894

List of positive integer factors of 17894 that divides 17894 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 389, 778, 8947

Step-4: Factors of 17901

List of positive integer factors of 17901 that divides 17894 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 13, 17, 27, 39, 51, 81, 117, 153, 221, 351, 459, 663, 1053, 1377, 1989, 5967

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17894 and 17901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17894 and 17901 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17894 and 17901