What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17158 and 17178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17158 and 17178 is 2.

GCF(17158,17178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17158 and 17178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17158 and 17178.

How to find the GCF of 17158 and 17178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17158 and 17178. After we will calculate the factors of 17158 and 17178 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 17178

Prime factors of 17178 are 2, 3, 7, 409. Prime factorization of 17178 in exponential form is:

17178 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 409¹

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 17178

List of positive integer factors of 17178 that divides 17158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 409, 818, 1227, 2454, 2863, 5726, 8589

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17158 and 17178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17158 and 17178 is 2.

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