What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17312 and 17331?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17312 and 17331 is 1.

GCF(17312,17331) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17312 and 17331, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17312 and 17331.

How to find the GCF of 17312 and 17331?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17312 and 17331. After we will calculate the factors of 17312 and 17331 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17312

Prime factors of 17312 are 2, 541. Prime factorization of 17312 in exponential form is:

17312 = 2⁵ × 541¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17331

Prime factors of 17331 are 3, 53, 109. Prime factorization of 17331 in exponential form is:

17331 = 3¹ × 53¹ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 17312

List of positive integer factors of 17312 that divides 17312 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 541, 1082, 2164, 4328, 8656

Step-4: Factors of 17331

List of positive integer factors of 17331 that divides 17312 without a remainder.

1, 3, 53, 109, 159, 327, 5777

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17312 and 17331. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17312 and 17331 is 1.

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