What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17698 and 17702?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17698 and 17702 is 2.

GCF(17698,17702) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17698 and 17702, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17698 and 17702.

How to find the GCF of 17698 and 17702?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17698 and 17702. After we will calculate the factors of 17698 and 17702 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17698

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

17698 = 2¹ × 8849¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17702

Prime factors of 17702 are 2, 53, 167. Prime factorization of 17702 in exponential form is:

17702 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 167¹

Step-3: Factors of 17698

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

1, 2, 8849

Step-4: Factors of 17702

List of positive integer factors of 17702 that divides 17698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 167, 334, 8851

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17698 and 17702. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17698 and 17702 is 2.

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