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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17498 and 17502?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17498 and 17502 is 2.

GCF(17498,17502) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17498 and 17502, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17498 and 17502.

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How to find the GCF of 17498 and 17502?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17498 and 17502. After we will calculate the factors of 17498 and 17502 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17498

Prime factors of 17498 are 2, 13, 673. Prime factorization of 17498 in exponential form is:

17498 = 21 × 131 × 6731

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17502

Prime factors of 17502 are 2, 3, 2917. Prime factorization of 17502 in exponential form is:

17502 = 21 × 31 × 29171

Step-3: Factors of 17498

List of positive integer factors of 17498 that divides 17498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 673, 1346, 8749

Step-4: Factors of 17502

List of positive integer factors of 17502 that divides 17498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 2917, 5834, 8751

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17498 and 17502. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17498 and 17502 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17498 and 17502