What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17236 and 17253?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17236 and 17253 is 1.

GCF(17236,17253) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17236 and 17253, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17236 and 17253.

How to find the GCF of 17236 and 17253?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17236 and 17253. After we will calculate the factors of 17236 and 17253 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17236

Prime factors of 17236 are 2, 31, 139. Prime factorization of 17236 in exponential form is:

17236 = 2² × 31¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17253

Prime factors of 17253 are 3, 71. Prime factorization of 17253 in exponential form is:

17253 = 3⁵ × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 17236

List of positive integer factors of 17236 that divides 17236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124, 139, 278, 556, 4309, 8618

Step-4: Factors of 17253

List of positive integer factors of 17253 that divides 17236 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 71, 81, 213, 243, 639, 1917, 5751

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17236 and 17253. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17236 and 17253 is 1.

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