What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17156 and 17163?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17156 and 17163 is 1.

GCF(17156,17163) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17156 and 17163, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17156 and 17163.

How to find the GCF of 17156 and 17163?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17156 and 17163. After we will calculate the factors of 17156 and 17163 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17156

Prime factors of 17156 are 2, 4289. Prime factorization of 17156 in exponential form is:

17156 = 2² × 4289¹

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 17156

List of positive integer factors of 17156 that divides 17156 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4289, 8578

Step-4: Factors of 17163

List of positive integer factors of 17163 that divides 17156 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1907, 5721

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17156 and 17163. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17156 and 17163 is 1.

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