What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17294 and 17312?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17294 and 17312 is 2.

GCF(17294,17312) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17294 and 17312, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17294 and 17312.

How to find the GCF of 17294 and 17312?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17294 and 17312. After we will calculate the factors of 17294 and 17312 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17294

Prime factors of 17294 are 2, 8647. Prime factorization of 17294 in exponential form is:

17294 = 2¹ × 8647¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17312

Prime factors of 17312 are 2, 541. Prime factorization of 17312 in exponential form is:

17312 = 2⁵ × 541¹

Step-3: Factors of 17294

List of positive integer factors of 17294 that divides 17294 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8647

Step-4: Factors of 17312

List of positive integer factors of 17312 that divides 17294 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 541, 1082, 2164, 4328, 8656

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17294 and 17312. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17294 and 17312 is 2.

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