What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17055 and 17061?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17055 and 17061 is 3.

GCF(17055,17061) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17055 and 17061, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17055 and 17061.

How to find the GCF of 17055 and 17061?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17055 and 17061. After we will calculate the factors of 17055 and 17061 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17055

Prime factors of 17055 are 3, 5, 379. Prime factorization of 17055 in exponential form is:

17055 = 3² × 5¹ × 379¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17061

Prime factors of 17061 are 3, 11, 47. Prime factorization of 17061 in exponential form is:

17061 = 3¹ × 11² × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 17055

List of positive integer factors of 17055 that divides 17055 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 379, 1137, 1895, 3411, 5685

Step-4: Factors of 17061

List of positive integer factors of 17061 that divides 17055 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 47, 121, 141, 363, 517, 1551, 5687

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17055 and 17061. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17055 and 17061 is 3.

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