What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17362 and 17372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17362 and 17372 is 2.

GCF(17362,17372) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17362 and 17372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17362 and 17372.

How to find the GCF of 17362 and 17372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17362 and 17372. After we will calculate the factors of 17362 and 17372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17362

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

17362 = 2¹ × 8681¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17372

Prime factors of 17372 are 2, 43, 101. Prime factorization of 17372 in exponential form is:

17372 = 2² × 43¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 17362

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

1, 2, 8681

Step-4: Factors of 17372

List of positive integer factors of 17372 that divides 17362 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 43, 86, 101, 172, 202, 404, 4343, 8686

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17362 and 17372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17362 and 17372 is 2.

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