What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17918 and 17924?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17918 and 17924 is 2.

GCF(17918,17924) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17918 and 17924, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17918 and 17924.

How to find the GCF of 17918 and 17924?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17918 and 17924. After we will calculate the factors of 17918 and 17924 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17918

Prime factors of 17918 are 2, 17, 31. Prime factorization of 17918 in exponential form is:

17918 = 2¹ × 17² × 31¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17924

Prime factors of 17924 are 2, 4481. Prime factorization of 17924 in exponential form is:

17924 = 2² × 4481¹

Step-3: Factors of 17918

List of positive integer factors of 17918 that divides 17918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 31, 34, 62, 289, 527, 578, 1054, 8959

Step-4: Factors of 17924

List of positive integer factors of 17924 that divides 17918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4481, 8962

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17918 and 17924. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17918 and 17924 is 2.

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