What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17158 and 17170?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17158 and 17170 is 2.

GCF(17158,17170) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17158 and 17170, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17158 and 17170.

How to find the GCF of 17158 and 17170?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17158 and 17170. After we will calculate the factors of 17158 and 17170 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17158

Prime factors of 17158 are 2, 23, 373. Prime factorization of 17158 in exponential form is:

17158 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 373¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17170

Prime factors of 17170 are 2, 5, 17, 101. Prime factorization of 17170 in exponential form is:

17170 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 17158

List of positive integer factors of 17158 that divides 17158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 373, 746, 8579

Step-4: Factors of 17170

List of positive integer factors of 17170 that divides 17158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 34, 85, 101, 170, 202, 505, 1010, 1717, 3434, 8585

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17158 and 17170. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17158 and 17170 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17158 and 17170