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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17662 and 17666?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17662 and 17666 is 2.

GCF(17662,17666) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17662 and 17666, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17662 and 17666.

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How to find the GCF of 17662 and 17666?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17662 and 17666. After we will calculate the factors of 17662 and 17666 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17662

Prime factors of 17662 are 2, 8831. Prime factorization of 17662 in exponential form is:

17662 = 21 × 88311

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17666

Prime factors of 17666 are 2, 11, 73. Prime factorization of 17666 in exponential form is:

17666 = 21 × 112 × 731

Step-3: Factors of 17662

List of positive integer factors of 17662 that divides 17662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8831

Step-4: Factors of 17666

List of positive integer factors of 17666 that divides 17662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 73, 121, 146, 242, 803, 1606, 8833

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17662 and 17666. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17662 and 17666 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17662 and 17666