What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17930 and 17938?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17930 and 17938 is 2.

GCF(17930,17938) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17930 and 17938, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17930 and 17938.

How to find the GCF of 17930 and 17938?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17930 and 17938. After we will calculate the factors of 17930 and 17938 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17930

Prime factors of 17930 are 2, 5, 11, 163. Prime factorization of 17930 in exponential form is:

17930 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17938

Prime factors of 17938 are 2, 8969. Prime factorization of 17938 in exponential form is:

17938 = 2¹ × 8969¹

Step-3: Factors of 17930

List of positive integer factors of 17930 that divides 17930 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 55, 110, 163, 326, 815, 1630, 1793, 3586, 8965

Step-4: Factors of 17938

List of positive integer factors of 17938 that divides 17930 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8969

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17930 and 17938. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17930 and 17938 is 2.

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