What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17812 and 17830?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17812 and 17830 is 2.

GCF(17812,17830) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17812 and 17830, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17812 and 17830.

How to find the GCF of 17812 and 17830?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17812 and 17830. After we will calculate the factors of 17812 and 17830 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17812

Prime factors of 17812 are 2, 61, 73. Prime factorization of 17812 in exponential form is:

17812 = 2² × 61¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17830

Prime factors of 17830 are 2, 5, 1783. Prime factorization of 17830 in exponential form is:

17830 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 1783¹

Step-3: Factors of 17812

List of positive integer factors of 17812 that divides 17812 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 61, 73, 122, 146, 244, 292, 4453, 8906

Step-4: Factors of 17830

List of positive integer factors of 17830 that divides 17812 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 1783, 3566, 8915

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17812 and 17830. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17812 and 17830 is 2.

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