What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17001 and 17020?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17001 and 17020 is 1.

GCF(17001,17020) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17001 and 17020, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17001 and 17020.

How to find the GCF of 17001 and 17020?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17001 and 17020. After we will calculate the factors of 17001 and 17020 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17001

Prime factors of 17001 are 3, 1889. Prime factorization of 17001 in exponential form is:

17001 = 3² × 1889¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17020

Prime factors of 17020 are 2, 5, 23, 37. Prime factorization of 17020 in exponential form is:

17020 = 2² × 5¹ × 23¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 17001

List of positive integer factors of 17001 that divides 17001 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1889, 5667

Step-4: Factors of 17020

List of positive integer factors of 17020 that divides 17001 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 23, 37, 46, 74, 92, 115, 148, 185, 230, 370, 460, 740, 851, 1702, 3404, 4255, 8510

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17001 and 17020. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17001 and 17020 is 1.

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