What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17750 and 17758?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17750 and 17758 is 2.

GCF(17750,17758) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17750 and 17758, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17750 and 17758.

How to find the GCF of 17750 and 17758?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17750 and 17758. After we will calculate the factors of 17750 and 17758 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17750

Prime factors of 17750 are 2, 5, 71. Prime factorization of 17750 in exponential form is:

17750 = 2¹ × 5³ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17758

Prime factors of 17758 are 2, 13, 683. Prime factorization of 17758 in exponential form is:

17758 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 683¹

Step-3: Factors of 17750

List of positive integer factors of 17750 that divides 17750 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 71, 125, 142, 250, 355, 710, 1775, 3550, 8875

Step-4: Factors of 17758

List of positive integer factors of 17758 that divides 17750 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 683, 1366, 8879

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17750 and 17758. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17750 and 17758 is 2.

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