What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17491 and 17508?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17491 and 17508 is 1.

GCF(17491,17508) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17491 and 17508, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17491 and 17508.

How to find the GCF of 17491 and 17508?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17491 and 17508. After we will calculate the factors of 17491 and 17508 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17491

Prime factors of 17491 are 17491. Prime factorization of 17491 in exponential form is:

17491 = 17491¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17508

Prime factors of 17508 are 2, 3, 1459. Prime factorization of 17508 in exponential form is:

17508 = 2² × 3¹ × 1459¹

Step-3: Factors of 17491

List of positive integer factors of 17491 that divides 17491 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 17508

List of positive integer factors of 17508 that divides 17491 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1459, 2918, 4377, 5836, 8754

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17491 and 17508. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17491 and 17508 is 1.

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