What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17285 and 17305?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17285 and 17305 is 5.

GCF(17285,17305) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17285 and 17305, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17285 and 17305.

How to find the GCF of 17285 and 17305?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17285 and 17305. After we will calculate the factors of 17285 and 17305 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 17305

Prime factors of 17305 are 5, 3461. Prime factorization of 17305 in exponential form is:

17305 = 5¹ × 3461¹

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 17305

List of positive integer factors of 17305 that divides 17285 without a remainder.

1, 5, 3461

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17285 and 17305. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17285 and 17305 is 5.

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