What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17000 and 17015?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17000 and 17015 is 5.

GCF(17000,17015) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17000 and 17015, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17000 and 17015.

How to find the GCF of 17000 and 17015?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17000 and 17015. After we will calculate the factors of 17000 and 17015 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17000

Prime factors of 17000 are 2, 5, 17. Prime factorization of 17000 in exponential form is:

17000 = 2³ × 5³ × 17¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17015

Prime factors of 17015 are 5, 41, 83. Prime factorization of 17015 in exponential form is:

17015 = 5¹ × 41¹ × 83¹

Step-3: Factors of 17000

List of positive integer factors of 17000 that divides 17000 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 17, 20, 25, 34, 40, 50, 68, 85, 100, 125, 136, 170, 200, 250, 340, 425, 500, 680, 850, 1000, 1700, 2125, 3400, 4250, 8500

Step-4: Factors of 17015

List of positive integer factors of 17015 that divides 17000 without a remainder.

1, 5, 41, 83, 205, 415, 3403

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17000 and 17015. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17000 and 17015 is 5.

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