What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17842 and 17852?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17842 and 17852 is 2.

GCF(17842,17852) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17842 and 17852, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17842 and 17852.

How to find the GCF of 17842 and 17852?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17842 and 17852. After we will calculate the factors of 17842 and 17852 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 17852

Prime factors of 17852 are 2, 4463. Prime factorization of 17852 in exponential form is:

17852 = 2² × 4463¹

Step-3: Factors of 17842

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 17852

List of positive integer factors of 17852 that divides 17842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4463, 8926

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17842 and 17852. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17842 and 17852 is 2.

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