What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17242 and 17248?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17242 and 17248 is 2.

GCF(17242,17248) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17242 and 17248, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17242 and 17248.

How to find the GCF of 17242 and 17248?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17242 and 17248. After we will calculate the factors of 17242 and 17248 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17242

Prime factors of 17242 are 2, 37, 233. Prime factorization of 17242 in exponential form is:

17242 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17248

Prime factors of 17248 are 2, 7, 11. Prime factorization of 17248 in exponential form is:

17248 = 2⁵ × 7² × 11¹

Step-3: Factors of 17242

List of positive integer factors of 17242 that divides 17242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 233, 466, 8621

Step-4: Factors of 17248

List of positive integer factors of 17248 that divides 17242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 16, 22, 28, 32, 44, 49, 56, 77, 88, 98, 112, 154, 176, 196, 224, 308, 352, 392, 539, 616, 784, 1078, 1232, 1568, 2156, 2464, 4312, 8624

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17242 and 17248. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17242 and 17248 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17242 and 17248