What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17990 and 18009?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17990 and 18009 is 1.

GCF(17990,18009) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17990 and 18009, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17990 and 18009.

How to find the GCF of 17990 and 18009?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17990 and 18009. After we will calculate the factors of 17990 and 18009 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17990

Prime factors of 17990 are 2, 5, 7, 257. Prime factorization of 17990 in exponential form is:

17990 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 257¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18009

Prime factors of 18009 are 3, 23, 29. Prime factorization of 18009 in exponential form is:

18009 = 3³ × 23¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 17990

List of positive integer factors of 17990 that divides 17990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35, 70, 257, 514, 1285, 1799, 2570, 3598, 8995

Step-4: Factors of 18009

List of positive integer factors of 18009 that divides 17990 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 23, 27, 29, 69, 87, 207, 261, 621, 667, 783, 2001, 6003

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17990 and 18009. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17990 and 18009 is 1.

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