What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17464 and 17482?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17464 and 17482 is 2.

GCF(17464,17482) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17464 and 17482, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17464 and 17482.

How to find the GCF of 17464 and 17482?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17464 and 17482. After we will calculate the factors of 17464 and 17482 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17464

Prime factors of 17464 are 2, 37, 59. Prime factorization of 17464 in exponential form is:

17464 = 2³ × 37¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17482

Prime factors of 17482 are 2, 8741. Prime factorization of 17482 in exponential form is:

17482 = 2¹ × 8741¹

Step-3: Factors of 17464

List of positive integer factors of 17464 that divides 17464 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 37, 59, 74, 118, 148, 236, 296, 472, 2183, 4366, 8732

Step-4: Factors of 17482

List of positive integer factors of 17482 that divides 17464 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8741

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17464 and 17482. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17464 and 17482 is 2.

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