What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17935 and 17943?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17935 and 17943 is 1.

GCF(17935,17943) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17935 and 17943, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17935 and 17943.

How to find the GCF of 17935 and 17943?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17935 and 17943. After we will calculate the factors of 17935 and 17943 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-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 17935

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 17943

List of positive integer factors of 17943 that divides 17935 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17935 and 17943. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17935 and 17943 is 1.

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