What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17012 and 17028?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17012 and 17028 is 4.

GCF(17012,17028) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17012 and 17028, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17012 and 17028.

How to find the GCF of 17012 and 17028?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17012 and 17028. After we will calculate the factors of 17012 and 17028 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17012

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

17012 = 2² × 4253¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17028

Prime factors of 17028 are 2, 3, 11, 43. Prime factorization of 17028 in exponential form is:

17028 = 2² × 3² × 11¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 17012

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

1, 2, 4, 4253, 8506

Step-4: Factors of 17028

List of positive integer factors of 17028 that divides 17012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 22, 33, 36, 43, 44, 66, 86, 99, 129, 132, 172, 198, 258, 387, 396, 473, 516, 774, 946, 1419, 1548, 1892, 2838, 4257, 5676, 8514

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17012 and 17028. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17012 and 17028 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17012 and 17028