What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17925 and 17935?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17925 and 17935 is 5.

GCF(17925,17935) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17925 and 17935, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17925 and 17935.

How to find the GCF of 17925 and 17935?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17925 and 17935. After we will calculate the factors of 17925 and 17935 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17925

Prime factors of 17925 are 3, 5, 239. Prime factorization of 17925 in exponential form is:

17925 = 3¹ × 5² × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17935

Prime factors of 17935 are 5, 17, 211. Prime factorization of 17935 in exponential form is:

17935 = 5¹ × 17¹ × 211¹

Step-3: Factors of 17925

List of positive integer factors of 17925 that divides 17925 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75, 239, 717, 1195, 3585, 5975

Step-4: Factors of 17935

List of positive integer factors of 17935 that divides 17925 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 85, 211, 1055, 3587

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17925 and 17935. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17925 and 17935 is 5.

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