What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17196 and 17208?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17196 and 17208 is 12.

GCF(17196,17208) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17196 and 17208, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17196 and 17208.

How to find the GCF of 17196 and 17208?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17196 and 17208. After we will calculate the factors of 17196 and 17208 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 17208

Prime factors of 17208 are 2, 3, 239. Prime factorization of 17208 in exponential form is:

17208 = 2³ × 3² × 239¹

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 17208

List of positive integer factors of 17208 that divides 17196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 239, 478, 717, 956, 1434, 1912, 2151, 2868, 4302, 5736, 8604

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17196 and 17208. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17196 and 17208 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17196 and 17208