What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17446 and 17450?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17446 and 17450 is 2.

GCF(17446,17450) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17446 and 17450, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17446 and 17450.

How to find the GCF of 17446 and 17450?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17446 and 17450. After we will calculate the factors of 17446 and 17450 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17446

Prime factors of 17446 are 2, 11, 13, 61. Prime factorization of 17446 in exponential form is:

17446 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 61¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17450

Prime factors of 17450 are 2, 5, 349. Prime factorization of 17450 in exponential form is:

17450 = 2¹ × 5² × 349¹

Step-3: Factors of 17446

List of positive integer factors of 17446 that divides 17446 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 13, 22, 26, 61, 122, 143, 286, 671, 793, 1342, 1586, 8723

Step-4: Factors of 17450

List of positive integer factors of 17450 that divides 17446 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 349, 698, 1745, 3490, 8725

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17446 and 17450. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17446 and 17450 is 2.

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