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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17992 and 18004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17992 and 18004 is 4.

GCF(17992,18004) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17992 and 18004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17992 and 18004.

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How to find the GCF of 17992 and 18004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17992 and 18004. After we will calculate the factors of 17992 and 18004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 18004

Prime factors of 18004 are 2, 7, 643. Prime factorization of 18004 in exponential form is:

18004 = 22 × 71 × 6431

Step-3: Factors of 17992

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 18004

List of positive integer factors of 18004 that divides 17992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 643, 1286, 2572, 4501, 9002

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17992 and 18004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17992 and 18004 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17992 and 18004