What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17242 and 17262?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17242 and 17262 is 2.

GCF(17242,17262) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17242 and 17262, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17242 and 17262.

How to find the GCF of 17242 and 17262?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17242 and 17262. After we will calculate the factors of 17242 and 17262 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 17262

Prime factors of 17262 are 2, 3, 7, 137. Prime factorization of 17262 in exponential form is:

17262 = 2¹ × 3² × 7¹ × 137¹

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 17262

List of positive integer factors of 17262 that divides 17242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 42, 63, 126, 137, 274, 411, 822, 959, 1233, 1918, 2466, 2877, 5754, 8631

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17242 and 17262. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17242 and 17262 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17242 and 17262