What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17336 and 17342?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17336 and 17342 is 2.

GCF(17336,17342) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17336 and 17342, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17336 and 17342.

How to find the GCF of 17336 and 17342?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17336 and 17342. After we will calculate the factors of 17336 and 17342 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17336

Prime factors of 17336 are 2, 11, 197. Prime factorization of 17336 in exponential form is:

17336 = 2³ × 11¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17342

Prime factors of 17342 are 2, 13, 23, 29. Prime factorization of 17342 in exponential form is:

17342 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 23¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 17336

List of positive integer factors of 17336 that divides 17336 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88, 197, 394, 788, 1576, 2167, 4334, 8668

Step-4: Factors of 17342

List of positive integer factors of 17342 that divides 17336 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 23, 26, 29, 46, 58, 299, 377, 598, 667, 754, 1334, 8671

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17336 and 17342. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17336 and 17342 is 2.

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