What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17255 and 17265?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17255 and 17265 is 5.

GCF(17255,17265) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17255 and 17265, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17255 and 17265.

How to find the GCF of 17255 and 17265?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17255 and 17265. After we will calculate the factors of 17255 and 17265 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17255

Prime factors of 17255 are 5, 7, 17, 29. Prime factorization of 17255 in exponential form is:

17255 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17265

Prime factors of 17265 are 3, 5, 1151. Prime factorization of 17265 in exponential form is:

17265 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 1151¹

Step-3: Factors of 17255

List of positive integer factors of 17255 that divides 17255 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 17, 29, 35, 85, 119, 145, 203, 493, 595, 1015, 2465, 3451

Step-4: Factors of 17265

List of positive integer factors of 17265 that divides 17255 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 1151, 3453, 5755

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17255 and 17265. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17255 and 17265 is 5.

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