What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17324 and 17340?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17324 and 17340 is 4.

GCF(17324,17340) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17324 and 17340, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17324 and 17340.

How to find the GCF of 17324 and 17340?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17324 and 17340. After we will calculate the factors of 17324 and 17340 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17324

Prime factors of 17324 are 2, 61, 71. Prime factorization of 17324 in exponential form is:

17324 = 2² × 61¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17340

Prime factors of 17340 are 2, 3, 5, 17. Prime factorization of 17340 in exponential form is:

17340 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 17²

Step-3: Factors of 17324

List of positive integer factors of 17324 that divides 17324 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 61, 71, 122, 142, 244, 284, 4331, 8662

Step-4: Factors of 17340

List of positive integer factors of 17340 that divides 17324 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, 34, 51, 60, 68, 85, 102, 170, 204, 255, 289, 340, 510, 578, 867, 1020, 1156, 1445, 1734, 2890, 3468, 4335, 5780, 8670

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17324 and 17340. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17324 and 17340 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17324 and 17340