What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17908 and 17923?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17908 and 17923 is 1.

GCF(17908,17923) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17908 and 17923, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17908 and 17923.

How to find the GCF of 17908 and 17923?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17908 and 17923. After we will calculate the factors of 17908 and 17923 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17908

Prime factors of 17908 are 2, 11, 37. Prime factorization of 17908 in exponential form is:

17908 = 2² × 11² × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17923

Prime factors of 17923 are 17923. Prime factorization of 17923 in exponential form is:

17923 = 17923¹

Step-3: Factors of 17908

List of positive integer factors of 17908 that divides 17908 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 37, 44, 74, 121, 148, 242, 407, 484, 814, 1628, 4477, 8954

Step-4: Factors of 17923

List of positive integer factors of 17923 that divides 17908 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17908 and 17923. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17908 and 17923 is 1.

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