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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17258 and 17268?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17258 and 17268 is 2.

GCF(17258,17268) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17258 and 17268, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17258 and 17268.

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How to find the GCF of 17258 and 17268?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17258 and 17268. After we will calculate the factors of 17258 and 17268 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17258

Prime factors of 17258 are 2, 8629. Prime factorization of 17258 in exponential form is:

17258 = 21 × 86291

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17268

Prime factors of 17268 are 2, 3, 1439. Prime factorization of 17268 in exponential form is:

17268 = 22 × 31 × 14391

Step-3: Factors of 17258

List of positive integer factors of 17258 that divides 17258 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8629

Step-4: Factors of 17268

List of positive integer factors of 17268 that divides 17258 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1439, 2878, 4317, 5756, 8634

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17258 and 17268. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17258 and 17268 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17258 and 17268