What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17046 and 17058?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17046 and 17058 is 6.

GCF(17046,17058) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17046 and 17058, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17046 and 17058.

How to find the GCF of 17046 and 17058?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17046 and 17058. After we will calculate the factors of 17046 and 17058 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17046

Prime factors of 17046 are 2, 3, 947. Prime factorization of 17046 in exponential form is:

17046 = 2¹ × 3² × 947¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17058

Prime factors of 17058 are 2, 3, 2843. Prime factorization of 17058 in exponential form is:

17058 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 2843¹

Step-3: Factors of 17046

List of positive integer factors of 17046 that divides 17046 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 947, 1894, 2841, 5682, 8523

Step-4: Factors of 17058

List of positive integer factors of 17058 that divides 17046 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 2843, 5686, 8529

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17046 and 17058. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17046 and 17058 is 6.

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