What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17493 and 17498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17493 and 17498 is 1.

GCF(17493,17498) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17493 and 17498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17493 and 17498.

How to find the GCF of 17493 and 17498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17493 and 17498. After we will calculate the factors of 17493 and 17498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17493

Prime factors of 17493 are 3, 7, 17. Prime factorization of 17493 in exponential form is:

17493 = 3¹ × 7³ × 17¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17498

Prime factors of 17498 are 2, 13, 673. Prime factorization of 17498 in exponential form is:

17498 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 673¹

Step-3: Factors of 17493

List of positive integer factors of 17493 that divides 17493 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 17, 21, 49, 51, 119, 147, 343, 357, 833, 1029, 2499, 5831

Step-4: Factors of 17498

List of positive integer factors of 17498 that divides 17493 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 673, 1346, 8749

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17493 and 17498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17493 and 17498 is 1.

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