What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17648 and 17668?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17648 and 17668 is 4.

GCF(17648,17668) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17648 and 17668, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17648 and 17668.

How to find the GCF of 17648 and 17668?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17648 and 17668. After we will calculate the factors of 17648 and 17668 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17648

Prime factors of 17648 are 2, 1103. Prime factorization of 17648 in exponential form is:

17648 = 2⁴ × 1103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17668

Prime factors of 17668 are 2, 7, 631. Prime factorization of 17668 in exponential form is:

17668 = 2² × 7¹ × 631¹

Step-3: Factors of 17648

List of positive integer factors of 17648 that divides 17648 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1103, 2206, 4412, 8824

Step-4: Factors of 17668

List of positive integer factors of 17668 that divides 17648 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 631, 1262, 2524, 4417, 8834

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17648 and 17668. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17648 and 17668 is 4.

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