What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17481 and 17487?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17481 and 17487 is 3.

GCF(17481,17487) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17481 and 17487, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17481 and 17487.

How to find the GCF of 17481 and 17487?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17481 and 17487. After we will calculate the factors of 17481 and 17487 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17481

Prime factors of 17481 are 3, 5827. Prime factorization of 17481 in exponential form is:

17481 = 3¹ × 5827¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17487

Prime factors of 17487 are 3, 29, 67. Prime factorization of 17487 in exponential form is:

17487 = 3² × 29¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 17481

List of positive integer factors of 17481 that divides 17481 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5827

Step-4: Factors of 17487

List of positive integer factors of 17487 that divides 17481 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 29, 67, 87, 201, 261, 603, 1943, 5829

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17481 and 17487. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17481 and 17487 is 3.

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