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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17984 and 17992?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17984 and 17992 is 8.

GCF(17984,17992) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17984 and 17992, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17984 and 17992.

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How to find the GCF of 17984 and 17992?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17984 and 17992. After we will calculate the factors of 17984 and 17992 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17984

Prime factors of 17984 are 2, 281. Prime factorization of 17984 in exponential form is:

17984 = 26 × 2811

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17992

Prime factors of 17992 are 2, 13, 173. Prime factorization of 17992 in exponential form is:

17992 = 23 × 131 × 1731

Step-3: Factors of 17984

List of positive integer factors of 17984 that divides 17984 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 281, 562, 1124, 2248, 4496, 8992

Step-4: Factors of 17992

List of positive integer factors of 17992 that divides 17984 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 26, 52, 104, 173, 346, 692, 1384, 2249, 4498, 8996

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17984 and 17992. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17984 and 17992 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17984 and 17992