What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17291 and 17298?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17291 and 17298 is 1.

GCF(17291,17298) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17291 and 17298, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17291 and 17298.

How to find the GCF of 17291 and 17298?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17291 and 17298. After we will calculate the factors of 17291 and 17298 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17291

Prime factors of 17291 are 17291. Prime factorization of 17291 in exponential form is:

17291 = 17291¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17298

Prime factors of 17298 are 2, 3, 31. Prime factorization of 17298 in exponential form is:

17298 = 2¹ × 3² × 31²

Step-3: Factors of 17291

List of positive integer factors of 17291 that divides 17291 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 17298

List of positive integer factors of 17298 that divides 17291 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 31, 62, 93, 186, 279, 558, 961, 1922, 2883, 5766, 8649

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17291 and 17298. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17291 and 17298 is 1.

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