What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17559 and 17571?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17559 and 17571 is 3.

GCF(17559,17571) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17559 and 17571, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17559 and 17571.

How to find the GCF of 17559 and 17571?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17559 and 17571. After we will calculate the factors of 17559 and 17571 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17559

Prime factors of 17559 are 3, 1951. Prime factorization of 17559 in exponential form is:

17559 = 3² × 1951¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17571

Prime factors of 17571 are 3, 5857. Prime factorization of 17571 in exponential form is:

17571 = 3¹ × 5857¹

Step-3: Factors of 17559

List of positive integer factors of 17559 that divides 17559 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1951, 5853

Step-4: Factors of 17571

List of positive integer factors of 17571 that divides 17559 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5857

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17559 and 17571. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17559 and 17571 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17559 and 17571