Question

6. Without actual division, show that:
(i) 17 is a factor of 17017
(ii) 23 is a factor of 2300023​

Answer 1

If we factorize 17017 and 2300023 we get,

$17017 = 17 \times 101 \\ 2300023 = 23 \times 101$

Therefore we can say that 17 is a factor of 17017 and 23 is a factor of 2300023