What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16994 and 17012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16994 and 17012 is 2.

GCF(16994,17012) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16994 and 17012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16994 and 17012.

How to find the GCF of 16994 and 17012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16994 and 17012. After we will calculate the factors of 16994 and 17012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16994

Prime factors of 16994 are 2, 29, 293. Prime factorization of 16994 in exponential form is:

16994 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17012

Prime factors of 17012 are 2, 4253. Prime factorization of 17012 in exponential form is:

17012 = 2² × 4253¹

Step-3: Factors of 16994

List of positive integer factors of 16994 that divides 16994 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 293, 586, 8497

Step-4: Factors of 17012

List of positive integer factors of 17012 that divides 16994 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4253, 8506

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16994 and 17012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16994 and 17012 is 2.

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