What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17558 and 17572?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17558 and 17572 is 2.

GCF(17558,17572) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17558 and 17572, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17558 and 17572.

How to find the GCF of 17558 and 17572?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17558 and 17572. After we will calculate the factors of 17558 and 17572 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17558

Prime factors of 17558 are 2, 8779. Prime factorization of 17558 in exponential form is:

17558 = 2¹ × 8779¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17572

Prime factors of 17572 are 2, 23, 191. Prime factorization of 17572 in exponential form is:

17572 = 2² × 23¹ × 191¹

Step-3: Factors of 17558

List of positive integer factors of 17558 that divides 17558 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8779

Step-4: Factors of 17572

List of positive integer factors of 17572 that divides 17558 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 191, 382, 764, 4393, 8786

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17558 and 17572. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17558 and 17572 is 2.

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