What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17242 and 17247?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17242 and 17247 is 1.

GCF(17242,17247) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17242 and 17247, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17242 and 17247.

How to find the GCF of 17242 and 17247?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17242 and 17247. After we will calculate the factors of 17242 and 17247 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 17247

Prime factors of 17247 are 3, 5749. Prime factorization of 17247 in exponential form is:

17247 = 3¹ × 5749¹

Step-3: Factors of 17242

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 17247

List of positive integer factors of 17247 that divides 17242 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5749

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17242 and 17247. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17242 and 17247 is 1.

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