What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17352 and 17362?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17352 and 17362 is 2.

GCF(17352,17362) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17352 and 17362, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17352 and 17362.

How to find the GCF of 17352 and 17362?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17352 and 17362. After we will calculate the factors of 17352 and 17362 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17352

Prime factors of 17352 are 2, 3, 241. Prime factorization of 17352 in exponential form is:

17352 = 2³ × 3² × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17362

Prime factors of 17362 are 2, 8681. Prime factorization of 17362 in exponential form is:

17362 = 2¹ × 8681¹

Step-3: Factors of 17352

List of positive integer factors of 17352 that divides 17352 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 241, 482, 723, 964, 1446, 1928, 2169, 2892, 4338, 5784, 8676

Step-4: Factors of 17362

List of positive integer factors of 17362 that divides 17352 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8681

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17352 and 17362. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17352 and 17362 is 2.

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