What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17826 and 17842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17826 and 17842 is 2.

GCF(17826,17842) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17826 and 17842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17826 and 17842.

How to find the GCF of 17826 and 17842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17826 and 17842. After we will calculate the factors of 17826 and 17842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17826

Prime factors of 17826 are 2, 3, 2971. Prime factorization of 17826 in exponential form is:

17826 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 2971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17842

Prime factors of 17842 are 2, 11, 811. Prime factorization of 17842 in exponential form is:

17842 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 811¹

Step-3: Factors of 17826

List of positive integer factors of 17826 that divides 17826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 2971, 5942, 8913

Step-4: Factors of 17842

List of positive integer factors of 17842 that divides 17826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 811, 1622, 8921

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17826 and 17842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17826 and 17842 is 2.

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