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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17965 and 17981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17965 and 17981 is 1.

GCF(17965,17981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17965 and 17981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17965 and 17981.

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How to find the GCF of 17965 and 17981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17965 and 17981. After we will calculate the factors of 17965 and 17981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17965

Prime factors of 17965 are 5, 3593. Prime factorization of 17965 in exponential form is:

17965 = 51 × 35931

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17981

Prime factors of 17981 are 17981. Prime factorization of 17981 in exponential form is:

17981 = 179811

Step-3: Factors of 17965

List of positive integer factors of 17965 that divides 17965 without a remainder.

1, 5, 3593

Step-4: Factors of 17981

List of positive integer factors of 17981 that divides 17965 without a remainder.

1

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17965 and 17981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17965 and 17981 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17965 and 17981