What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17278 and 17298?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17278 and 17298 is 2.

GCF(17278,17298) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17278 and 17298, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17278 and 17298.

How to find the GCF of 17278 and 17298?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17278 and 17298. After we will calculate the factors of 17278 and 17298 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17278

Prime factors of 17278 are 2, 53, 163. Prime factorization of 17278 in exponential form is:

17278 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17298

Prime factors of 17298 are 2, 3, 31. Prime factorization of 17298 in exponential form is:

17298 = 2¹ × 3² × 31²

Step-3: Factors of 17278

List of positive integer factors of 17278 that divides 17278 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 163, 326, 8639

Step-4: Factors of 17298

List of positive integer factors of 17298 that divides 17278 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 31, 62, 93, 186, 279, 558, 961, 1922, 2883, 5766, 8649

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17278 and 17298. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17278 and 17298 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17278 and 17298