What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17379 and 17391?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17379 and 17391 is 3.

GCF(17379,17391) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17379 and 17391, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17379 and 17391.

How to find the GCF of 17379 and 17391?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17379 and 17391. After we will calculate the factors of 17379 and 17391 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17379

Prime factors of 17379 are 3, 1931. Prime factorization of 17379 in exponential form is:

17379 = 3² × 1931¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17391

Prime factors of 17391 are 3, 11, 17, 31. Prime factorization of 17391 in exponential form is:

17391 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 17379

List of positive integer factors of 17379 that divides 17379 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1931, 5793

Step-4: Factors of 17391

List of positive integer factors of 17391 that divides 17379 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 17, 31, 33, 51, 93, 187, 341, 527, 561, 1023, 1581, 5797

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17379 and 17391. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17379 and 17391 is 3.

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