What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17999 and 18011?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17999 and 18011 is 1.

GCF(17999,18011) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17999 and 18011, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17999 and 18011.

How to find the GCF of 17999 and 18011?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17999 and 18011. After we will calculate the factors of 17999 and 18011 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17999

Prime factors of 17999 are 41, 439. Prime factorization of 17999 in exponential form is:

17999 = 41¹ × 439¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18011

Prime factors of 18011 are 7, 31, 83. Prime factorization of 18011 in exponential form is:

18011 = 7¹ × 31¹ × 83¹

Step-3: Factors of 17999

List of positive integer factors of 17999 that divides 17999 without a remainder.

1, 41, 439

Step-4: Factors of 18011

List of positive integer factors of 18011 that divides 17999 without a remainder.

1, 7, 31, 83, 217, 581, 2573

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17999 and 18011. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17999 and 18011 is 1.

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