What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17148 and 17163?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17148 and 17163 is 3.

GCF(17148,17163) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17148 and 17163, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17148 and 17163.

How to find the GCF of 17148 and 17163?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17148 and 17163. After we will calculate the factors of 17148 and 17163 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17148

Prime factors of 17148 are 2, 3, 1429. Prime factorization of 17148 in exponential form is:

17148 = 2² × 3¹ × 1429¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17163

Prime factors of 17163 are 3, 1907. Prime factorization of 17163 in exponential form is:

17163 = 3² × 1907¹

Step-3: Factors of 17148

List of positive integer factors of 17148 that divides 17148 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1429, 2858, 4287, 5716, 8574

Step-4: Factors of 17163

List of positive integer factors of 17163 that divides 17148 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1907, 5721

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17148 and 17163. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17148 and 17163 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17148 and 17163