What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17900 and 17912?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17900 and 17912 is 4.

GCF(17900,17912) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17900 and 17912, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17900 and 17912.

How to find the GCF of 17900 and 17912?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17900 and 17912. After we will calculate the factors of 17900 and 17912 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17900

Prime factors of 17900 are 2, 5, 179. Prime factorization of 17900 in exponential form is:

17900 = 2² × 5² × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17912

Prime factors of 17912 are 2, 2239. Prime factorization of 17912 in exponential form is:

17912 = 2³ × 2239¹

Step-3: Factors of 17900

List of positive integer factors of 17900 that divides 17900 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 179, 358, 716, 895, 1790, 3580, 4475, 8950

Step-4: Factors of 17912

List of positive integer factors of 17912 that divides 17900 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 2239, 4478, 8956

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17900 and 17912. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17900 and 17912 is 4.

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