What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17961 and 17967?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17961 and 17967 is 3.

GCF(17961,17967) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17961 and 17967, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17961 and 17967.

How to find the GCF of 17961 and 17967?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17961 and 17967. After we will calculate the factors of 17961 and 17967 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17961

Prime factors of 17961 are 3, 5987. Prime factorization of 17961 in exponential form is:

17961 = 3¹ × 5987¹

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 17961

List of positive integer factors of 17961 that divides 17961 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5987

Step-4: Factors of 17967

List of positive integer factors of 17967 that divides 17961 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17961 and 17967. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17961 and 17967 is 3.

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