What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17378 and 17396?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17378 and 17396 is 2.

GCF(17378,17396) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17378 and 17396, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17378 and 17396.

How to find the GCF of 17378 and 17396?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17378 and 17396. After we will calculate the factors of 17378 and 17396 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17378

Prime factors of 17378 are 2, 8689. Prime factorization of 17378 in exponential form is:

17378 = 2¹ × 8689¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17396

Prime factors of 17396 are 2, 4349. Prime factorization of 17396 in exponential form is:

17396 = 2² × 4349¹

Step-3: Factors of 17378

List of positive integer factors of 17378 that divides 17378 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8689

Step-4: Factors of 17396

List of positive integer factors of 17396 that divides 17378 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4349, 8698

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17378 and 17396. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17378 and 17396 is 2.

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