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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17525 and 17540?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17525 and 17540 is 5.

GCF(17525,17540) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17525 and 17540, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17525 and 17540.

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How to find the GCF of 17525 and 17540?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17525 and 17540. After we will calculate the factors of 17525 and 17540 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17525

Prime factors of 17525 are 5, 701. Prime factorization of 17525 in exponential form is:

17525 = 52 × 7011

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17540

Prime factors of 17540 are 2, 5, 877. Prime factorization of 17540 in exponential form is:

17540 = 22 × 51 × 8771

Step-3: Factors of 17525

List of positive integer factors of 17525 that divides 17525 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 701, 3505

Step-4: Factors of 17540

List of positive integer factors of 17540 that divides 17525 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 877, 1754, 3508, 4385, 8770

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17525 and 17540. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17525 and 17540 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17525 and 17540