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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17493 and 17508?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17493 and 17508 is 3.

GCF(17493,17508) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17493 and 17508, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17493 and 17508.

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How to find the GCF of 17493 and 17508?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17493 and 17508. After we will calculate the factors of 17493 and 17508 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 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 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 17508

List of positive integer factors of 17508 that divides 17493 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 17493 and 17508. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17493 and 17508 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17493 and 17508