What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17196 and 17206?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17196 and 17206 is 2.

GCF(17196,17206) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17196 and 17206, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17196 and 17206.

How to find the GCF of 17196 and 17206?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17196 and 17206. After we will calculate the factors of 17196 and 17206 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17196

Prime factors of 17196 are 2, 3, 1433. Prime factorization of 17196 in exponential form is:

17196 = 2² × 3¹ × 1433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17206

Prime factors of 17206 are 2, 7, 1229. Prime factorization of 17206 in exponential form is:

17206 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1229¹

Step-3: Factors of 17196

List of positive integer factors of 17196 that divides 17196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1433, 2866, 4299, 5732, 8598

Step-4: Factors of 17206

List of positive integer factors of 17206 that divides 17196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1229, 2458, 8603

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17196 and 17206. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17196 and 17206 is 2.

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