What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17684 and 17690?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17684 and 17690 is 2.

GCF(17684,17690) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17684 and 17690, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17684 and 17690.

How to find the GCF of 17684 and 17690?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17684 and 17690. After we will calculate the factors of 17684 and 17690 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17684

Prime factors of 17684 are 2, 4421. Prime factorization of 17684 in exponential form is:

17684 = 2² × 4421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17690

Prime factors of 17690 are 2, 5, 29, 61. Prime factorization of 17690 in exponential form is:

17690 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 29¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 17684

List of positive integer factors of 17684 that divides 17684 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4421, 8842

Step-4: Factors of 17690

List of positive integer factors of 17690 that divides 17684 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 29, 58, 61, 122, 145, 290, 305, 610, 1769, 3538, 8845

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17684 and 17690. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17684 and 17690 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17684 and 17690