What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17690 and 17704?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17690 and 17704 is 2.

GCF(17690,17704) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17690 and 17704, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17690 and 17704.

How to find the GCF of 17690 and 17704?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17690 and 17704. After we will calculate the factors of 17690 and 17704 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 17704

Prime factors of 17704 are 2, 2213. Prime factorization of 17704 in exponential form is:

17704 = 2³ × 2213¹

Step-3: Factors of 17690

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 17704

List of positive integer factors of 17704 that divides 17690 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 2213, 4426, 8852

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17690 and 17704. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17690 and 17704 is 2.

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