What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17394 and 17398?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17394 and 17398 is 2.

GCF(17394,17398) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17394 and 17398, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17394 and 17398.

How to find the GCF of 17394 and 17398?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17394 and 17398. After we will calculate the factors of 17394 and 17398 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17394

Prime factors of 17394 are 2, 3, 13, 223. Prime factorization of 17394 in exponential form is:

17394 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17398

Prime factors of 17398 are 2, 8699. Prime factorization of 17398 in exponential form is:

17398 = 2¹ × 8699¹

Step-3: Factors of 17394

List of positive integer factors of 17394 that divides 17394 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 223, 446, 669, 1338, 2899, 5798, 8697

Step-4: Factors of 17398

List of positive integer factors of 17398 that divides 17394 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8699

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17394 and 17398. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17394 and 17398 is 2.

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