What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17397 and 17403?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17397 and 17403 is 3.

GCF(17397,17403) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17397 and 17403, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17397 and 17403.

How to find the GCF of 17397 and 17403?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17397 and 17403. After we will calculate the factors of 17397 and 17403 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17397

Prime factors of 17397 are 3, 1933. Prime factorization of 17397 in exponential form is:

17397 = 3² × 1933¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17403

Prime factors of 17403 are 3, 5801. Prime factorization of 17403 in exponential form is:

17403 = 3¹ × 5801¹

Step-3: Factors of 17397

List of positive integer factors of 17397 that divides 17397 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1933, 5799

Step-4: Factors of 17403

List of positive integer factors of 17403 that divides 17397 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5801

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17397 and 17403. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17397 and 17403 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17397 and 17403