What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17338 and 17342?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17338 and 17342 is 2.

GCF(17338,17342) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17338 and 17342, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17338 and 17342.

How to find the GCF of 17338 and 17342?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17338 and 17342. After we will calculate the factors of 17338 and 17342 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17338

Prime factors of 17338 are 2, 8669. Prime factorization of 17338 in exponential form is:

17338 = 2¹ × 8669¹

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 17338

List of positive integer factors of 17338 that divides 17338 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8669

Step-4: Factors of 17342

List of positive integer factors of 17342 that divides 17338 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 17338 and 17342. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17338 and 17342 is 2.

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