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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 17998 and 18016?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 17998 and 18016 is 2.

GCF(17998,18016) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 17998 and 18016, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 17998 and 18016.

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How to find the GCF of 17998 and 18016?

We will first find the prime factorization of 17998 and 18016. After we will calculate the factors of 17998 and 18016 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 17998

Prime factors of 17998 are 2, 8999. Prime factorization of 17998 in exponential form is:

17998 = 21 × 89991

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 18016

Prime factors of 18016 are 2, 563. Prime factorization of 18016 in exponential form is:

18016 = 25 × 5631

Step-3: Factors of 17998

List of positive integer factors of 17998 that divides 17998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8999

Step-4: Factors of 18016

List of positive integer factors of 18016 that divides 17998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 563, 1126, 2252, 4504, 9008

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 17998 and 18016. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 17998 and 18016 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 17998 and 18016