What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17917 and 17932?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17917 and 17932 is 1.

GCF(17917,17932) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17917 and 17932, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17917 and 17932.

How to find the GCF of 17917 and 17932?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17917 and 17932. After we will calculate the factors of 17917 and 17932 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17917

Prime factors of 17917 are 19, 23, 41. Prime factorization of 17917 in exponential form is:

17917 = 19¹ × 23¹ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17932

Prime factors of 17932 are 2, 4483. Prime factorization of 17932 in exponential form is:

17932 = 2² × 4483¹

Step-3: Factors of 17917

List of positive integer factors of 17917 that divides 17917 without a remainder.

1, 19, 23, 41, 437, 779, 943

Step-4: Factors of 17932

List of positive integer factors of 17932 that divides 17917 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4483, 8966

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17917 and 17932. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17917 and 17932 is 1.

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