What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17270 and 17282?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17270 and 17282 is 2.

GCF(17270,17282) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17270 and 17282, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17270 and 17282.

How to find the GCF of 17270 and 17282?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17270 and 17282. After we will calculate the factors of 17270 and 17282 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17270

Prime factors of 17270 are 2, 5, 11, 157. Prime factorization of 17270 in exponential form is:

17270 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17282

Prime factors of 17282 are 2, 8641. Prime factorization of 17282 in exponential form is:

17282 = 2¹ × 8641¹

Step-3: Factors of 17270

List of positive integer factors of 17270 that divides 17270 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 55, 110, 157, 314, 785, 1570, 1727, 3454, 8635

Step-4: Factors of 17282

List of positive integer factors of 17282 that divides 17270 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8641

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17270 and 17282. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17270 and 17282 is 2.

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