What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17097 and 17103?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17097 and 17103 is 3.

GCF(17097,17103) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17097 and 17103, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17097 and 17103.

How to find the GCF of 17097 and 17103?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17097 and 17103. After we will calculate the factors of 17097 and 17103 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17097

Prime factors of 17097 are 3, 41, 139. Prime factorization of 17097 in exponential form is:

17097 = 3¹ × 41¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17103

Prime factors of 17103 are 3, 5701. Prime factorization of 17103 in exponential form is:

17103 = 3¹ × 5701¹

Step-3: Factors of 17097

List of positive integer factors of 17097 that divides 17097 without a remainder.

1, 3, 41, 123, 139, 417, 5699

Step-4: Factors of 17103

List of positive integer factors of 17103 that divides 17097 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5701

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17097 and 17103. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17097 and 17103 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17097 and 17103