Greatest Common Factor of 17 and 7835
GCF(17, 7835) = 1, Greatest common factor of 17 and 7835 is 1. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 17 and 7835. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 17 and 7835 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 17 and 7835.
Prime Factorization of 17 is 1, 17 and Prime Factorization of 7835 is 1, 5, 1567.
- Factorize\( (17) = \) \(1\times 17\)
- Factorize\( (7835) = \) \(1\times 5\times 1567\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(17, 7835) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 17 and 7835 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 17 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 17
List of positive integers factors of 7835 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 5, 1567, 7835
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 17 and 7835 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 17 and 7835 is 1.
\(GCF(17, 7835) = 1\).
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