What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17929 and 17948?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17929 and 17948 is 1.

GCF(17929,17948) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17929 and 17948, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17929 and 17948.

How to find the GCF of 17929 and 17948?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17929 and 17948. After we will calculate the factors of 17929 and 17948 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17929

Prime factors of 17929 are 17929. Prime factorization of 17929 in exponential form is:

17929 = 17929¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17948

Prime factors of 17948 are 2, 7, 641. Prime factorization of 17948 in exponential form is:

17948 = 2² × 7¹ × 641¹

Step-3: Factors of 17929

List of positive integer factors of 17929 that divides 17929 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 17948

List of positive integer factors of 17948 that divides 17929 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 641, 1282, 2564, 4487, 8974

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17929 and 17948. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17929 and 17948 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17929 and 17948