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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17949 and 17967?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17949 and 17967 is 3.

GCF(17949,17967) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17949 and 17967, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17949 and 17967.

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How to find the GCF of 17949 and 17967?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17949 and 17967. After we will calculate the factors of 17949 and 17967 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17949

Prime factors of 17949 are 3, 31, 193. Prime factorization of 17949 in exponential form is:

17949 = 31 × 311 × 1931

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17967

Prime factors of 17967 are 3, 53, 113. Prime factorization of 17967 in exponential form is:

17967 = 31 × 531 × 1131

Step-3: Factors of 17949

List of positive integer factors of 17949 that divides 17949 without a remainder.

1, 3, 31, 93, 193, 579, 5983

Step-4: Factors of 17967

List of positive integer factors of 17967 that divides 17949 without a remainder.

1, 3, 53, 113, 159, 339, 5989

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17949 and 17967. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17949 and 17967 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17949 and 17967