What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17938 and 17946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17938 and 17946 is 2.

GCF(17938,17946) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17938 and 17946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17938 and 17946.

How to find the GCF of 17938 and 17946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17938 and 17946. After we will calculate the factors of 17938 and 17946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17938

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

17938 = 2¹ × 8969¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17946

Prime factors of 17946 are 2, 3, 997. Prime factorization of 17946 in exponential form is:

17946 = 2¹ × 3² × 997¹

Step-3: Factors of 17938

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

1, 2, 8969

Step-4: Factors of 17946

List of positive integer factors of 17946 that divides 17938 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 997, 1994, 2991, 5982, 8973

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17938 and 17946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17938 and 17946 is 2.

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