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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17928 and 17944?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17928 and 17944 is 8.

GCF(17928,17944) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17928 and 17944, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17928 and 17944.

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How to find the GCF of 17928 and 17944?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17928 and 17944. After we will calculate the factors of 17928 and 17944 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 17944

Prime factors of 17944 are 2, 2243. Prime factorization of 17944 in exponential form is:

17944 = 23 × 22431

Step-3: Factors of 17928

List of positive integer factors of 17928 that divides 17928 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

Step-4: Factors of 17944

List of positive integer factors of 17944 that divides 17928 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 2243, 4486, 8972

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17928 and 17944. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17928 and 17944 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17928 and 17944