What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17342 and 17357?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17342 and 17357 is 1.

GCF(17342,17357) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17342 and 17357, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17342 and 17357.

How to find the GCF of 17342 and 17357?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17342 and 17357. After we will calculate the factors of 17342 and 17357 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17342

Prime factors of 17342 are 2, 13, 23, 29. Prime factorization of 17342 in exponential form is:

17342 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 23¹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17357

Prime factors of 17357 are 17, 1021. Prime factorization of 17357 in exponential form is:

17357 = 17¹ × 1021¹

Step-3: Factors of 17342

List of positive integer factors of 17342 that divides 17342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 23, 26, 29, 46, 58, 299, 377, 598, 667, 754, 1334, 8671

Step-4: Factors of 17357

List of positive integer factors of 17357 that divides 17342 without a remainder.

1, 17, 1021

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17342 and 17357. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17342 and 17357 is 1.

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