What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17498 and 17503?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17498 and 17503 is 1.

GCF(17498,17503) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17498 and 17503, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17498 and 17503.

How to find the GCF of 17498 and 17503?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17498 and 17503. After we will calculate the factors of 17498 and 17503 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 17503

Prime factors of 17503 are 23, 761. Prime factorization of 17503 in exponential form is:

17503 = 23¹ × 761¹

Step-3: Factors of 17498

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 17503

List of positive integer factors of 17503 that divides 17498 without a remainder.

1, 23, 761

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17498 and 17503. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17498 and 17503 is 1.

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