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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17932 and 17940?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17932 and 17940 is 4.

GCF(17932,17940) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17932 and 17940, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17932 and 17940.

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How to find the GCF of 17932 and 17940?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17932 and 17940. After we will calculate the factors of 17932 and 17940 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17932

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

17932 = 22 × 44831

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17940

Prime factors of 17940 are 2, 3, 5, 13, 23. Prime factorization of 17940 in exponential form is:

17940 = 22 × 31 × 51 × 131 × 231

Step-3: Factors of 17932

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

1, 2, 4, 4483, 8966

Step-4: Factors of 17940

List of positive integer factors of 17940 that divides 17932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 15, 20, 23, 26, 30, 39, 46, 52, 60, 65, 69, 78, 92, 115, 130, 138, 156, 195, 230, 260, 276, 299, 345, 390, 460, 598, 690, 780, 897, 1196, 1380, 1495, 1794, 2990, 3588, 4485, 5980, 8970

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17932 and 17940. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17932 and 17940 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17932 and 17940