What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2017 and 2021?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2017 and 2021 is 1.

GCF(2017,2021) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2017 and 2021, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2017 and 2021.

How to find the GCF of 2017 and 2021?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2017 and 2021. After we will calculate the factors of 2017 and 2021 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2017

Prime factors of 2017 are 2017. Prime factorization of 2017 in exponential form is:

2017 = 2017¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2021

Prime factors of 2021 are 43, 47. Prime factorization of 2021 in exponential form is:

2021 = 43¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 2017

List of positive integer factors of 2017 that divides 2017 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 2021

List of positive integer factors of 2021 that divides 2017 without a remainder.

1, 43, 47

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2017 and 2021. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2017 and 2021 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 2017 and 2021