What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17225 and 17245?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17225 and 17245 is 5.

GCF(17225,17245) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17225 and 17245, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17225 and 17245.

How to find the GCF of 17225 and 17245?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17225 and 17245. After we will calculate the factors of 17225 and 17245 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17225

Prime factors of 17225 are 5, 13, 53. Prime factorization of 17225 in exponential form is:

17225 = 5² × 13¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17245

Prime factors of 17245 are 5, 3449. Prime factorization of 17245 in exponential form is:

17245 = 5¹ × 3449¹

Step-3: Factors of 17225

List of positive integer factors of 17225 that divides 17225 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 25, 53, 65, 265, 325, 689, 1325, 3445

Step-4: Factors of 17245

List of positive integer factors of 17245 that divides 17225 without a remainder.

1, 5, 3449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17225 and 17245. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17225 and 17245 is 5.

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