What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17285 and 17301?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17285 and 17301 is 1.

GCF(17285,17301) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17285 and 17301, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17285 and 17301.

How to find the GCF of 17285 and 17301?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17285 and 17301. After we will calculate the factors of 17285 and 17301 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17285

Prime factors of 17285 are 5, 3457. Prime factorization of 17285 in exponential form is:

17285 = 5¹ × 3457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17301

Prime factors of 17301 are 3, 73, 79. Prime factorization of 17301 in exponential form is:

17301 = 3¹ × 73¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 17285

List of positive integer factors of 17285 that divides 17285 without a remainder.

1, 5, 3457

Step-4: Factors of 17301

List of positive integer factors of 17301 that divides 17285 without a remainder.

1, 3, 73, 79, 219, 237, 5767

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17285 and 17301. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17285 and 17301 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17285 and 17301