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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17409 and 17427?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17409 and 17427 is 3.

GCF(17409,17427) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17409 and 17427, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17409 and 17427.

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How to find the GCF of 17409 and 17427?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17409 and 17427. After we will calculate the factors of 17409 and 17427 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17409

Prime factors of 17409 are 3, 7, 829. Prime factorization of 17409 in exponential form is:

17409 = 31 × 71 × 8291

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17427

Prime factors of 17427 are 3, 37, 157. Prime factorization of 17427 in exponential form is:

17427 = 31 × 371 × 1571

Step-3: Factors of 17409

List of positive integer factors of 17409 that divides 17409 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 829, 2487, 5803

Step-4: Factors of 17427

List of positive integer factors of 17427 that divides 17409 without a remainder.

1, 3, 37, 111, 157, 471, 5809

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17409 and 17427. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17409 and 17427 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17409 and 17427