What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17282 and 17300?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17282 and 17300 is 2.

GCF(17282,17300) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17282 and 17300, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17282 and 17300.

How to find the GCF of 17282 and 17300?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17282 and 17300. After we will calculate the factors of 17282 and 17300 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17282

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

17282 = 2¹ × 8641¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17300

Prime factors of 17300 are 2, 5, 173. Prime factorization of 17300 in exponential form is:

17300 = 2² × 5² × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 17282

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

1, 2, 8641

Step-4: Factors of 17300

List of positive integer factors of 17300 that divides 17282 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 173, 346, 692, 865, 1730, 3460, 4325, 8650

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17282 and 17300. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17282 and 17300 is 2.

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