What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17072 and 17076?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17072 and 17076 is 4.

GCF(17072,17076) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17072 and 17076, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17072 and 17076.

How to find the GCF of 17072 and 17076?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17072 and 17076. After we will calculate the factors of 17072 and 17076 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17072

Prime factors of 17072 are 2, 11, 97. Prime factorization of 17072 in exponential form is:

17072 = 2⁴ × 11¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17076

Prime factors of 17076 are 2, 3, 1423. Prime factorization of 17076 in exponential form is:

17076 = 2² × 3¹ × 1423¹

Step-3: Factors of 17072

List of positive integer factors of 17072 that divides 17072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 44, 88, 97, 176, 194, 388, 776, 1067, 1552, 2134, 4268, 8536

Step-4: Factors of 17076

List of positive integer factors of 17076 that divides 17072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1423, 2846, 4269, 5692, 8538

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17072 and 17076. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17072 and 17076 is 4.

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