What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17927 and 17943?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17927 and 17943 is 1.

GCF(17927,17943) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17927 and 17943, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17927 and 17943.

How to find the GCF of 17927 and 17943?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17927 and 17943. After we will calculate the factors of 17927 and 17943 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17927

Prime factors of 17927 are 7, 13, 197. Prime factorization of 17927 in exponential form is:

17927 = 7¹ × 13¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17943

Prime factors of 17943 are 3, 5981. Prime factorization of 17943 in exponential form is:

17943 = 3¹ × 5981¹

Step-3: Factors of 17927

List of positive integer factors of 17927 that divides 17927 without a remainder.

1, 7, 13, 91, 197, 1379, 2561

Step-4: Factors of 17943

List of positive integer factors of 17943 that divides 17927 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17927 and 17943. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17927 and 17943 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17927 and 17943