What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16032 and 16036?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16032 and 16036 is 4.

GCF(16032,16036) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16032 and 16036, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16032 and 16036.

How to find the GCF of 16032 and 16036?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16032 and 16036. After we will calculate the factors of 16032 and 16036 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16032

Prime factors of 16032 are 2, 3, 167. Prime factorization of 16032 in exponential form is:

16032 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16036

Prime factors of 16036 are 2, 19, 211. Prime factorization of 16036 in exponential form is:

16036 = 2² × 19¹ × 211¹

Step-3: Factors of 16032

List of positive integer factors of 16032 that divides 16032 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 167, 334, 501, 668, 1002, 1336, 2004, 2672, 4008, 5344, 8016

Step-4: Factors of 16036

List of positive integer factors of 16036 that divides 16032 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 211, 422, 844, 4009, 8018

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16032 and 16036. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16032 and 16036 is 4.

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