What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17120 and 17126?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17120 and 17126 is 2.

GCF(17120,17126) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17120 and 17126, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17120 and 17126.

How to find the GCF of 17120 and 17126?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17120 and 17126. After we will calculate the factors of 17120 and 17126 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17120

Prime factors of 17120 are 2, 5, 107. Prime factorization of 17120 in exponential form is:

17120 = 2⁵ × 5¹ × 107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17126

Prime factors of 17126 are 2, 8563. Prime factorization of 17126 in exponential form is:

17126 = 2¹ × 8563¹

Step-3: Factors of 17120

List of positive integer factors of 17120 that divides 17120 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 80, 107, 160, 214, 428, 535, 856, 1070, 1712, 2140, 3424, 4280, 8560

Step-4: Factors of 17126

List of positive integer factors of 17126 that divides 17120 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8563

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17120 and 17126. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17120 and 17126 is 2.

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