What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17227 and 17242?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17227 and 17242 is 1.

GCF(17227,17242) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17227 and 17242, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17227 and 17242.

How to find the GCF of 17227 and 17242?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17227 and 17242. After we will calculate the factors of 17227 and 17242 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17227

Prime factors of 17227 are 7, 23, 107. Prime factorization of 17227 in exponential form is:

17227 = 7¹ × 23¹ × 107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17242

Prime factors of 17242 are 2, 37, 233. Prime factorization of 17242 in exponential form is:

17242 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 233¹

Step-3: Factors of 17227

List of positive integer factors of 17227 that divides 17227 without a remainder.

1, 7, 23, 107, 161, 749, 2461

Step-4: Factors of 17242

List of positive integer factors of 17242 that divides 17227 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 233, 466, 8621

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17227 and 17242. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17227 and 17242 is 1.

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