What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17916 and 17928?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17916 and 17928 is 12.

GCF(17916,17928) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17916 and 17928, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17916 and 17928.

How to find the GCF of 17916 and 17928?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17916 and 17928. After we will calculate the factors of 17916 and 17928 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17916

Prime factors of 17916 are 2, 3, 1493. Prime factorization of 17916 in exponential form is:

17916 = 2² × 3¹ × 1493¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17928

Prime factors of 17928 are 2, 3, 83. Prime factorization of 17928 in exponential form is:

17928 = 2³ × 3³ × 83¹

Step-3: Factors of 17916

List of positive integer factors of 17916 that divides 17916 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1493, 2986, 4479, 5972, 8958

Step-4: Factors of 17928

List of positive integer factors of 17928 that divides 17916 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 27, 36, 54, 72, 83, 108, 166, 216, 249, 332, 498, 664, 747, 996, 1494, 1992, 2241, 2988, 4482, 5976, 8964

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17916 and 17928. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17916 and 17928 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17916 and 17928