What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17692 and 17698?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17692 and 17698 is 2.

GCF(17692,17698) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17692 and 17698, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17692 and 17698.

How to find the GCF of 17692 and 17698?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17692 and 17698. After we will calculate the factors of 17692 and 17698 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17692

Prime factors of 17692 are 2, 4423. Prime factorization of 17692 in exponential form is:

17692 = 2² × 4423¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17698

Prime factors of 17698 are 2, 8849. Prime factorization of 17698 in exponential form is:

17698 = 2¹ × 8849¹

Step-3: Factors of 17692

List of positive integer factors of 17692 that divides 17692 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4423, 8846

Step-4: Factors of 17698

List of positive integer factors of 17698 that divides 17692 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8849

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17692 and 17698. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17692 and 17698 is 2.

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