What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16578 and 16596?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16578 and 16596 is 18.

GCF(16578,16596) = 18

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16578 and 16596, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16578 and 16596.

How to find the GCF of 16578 and 16596?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16578 and 16596. After we will calculate the factors of 16578 and 16596 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16578

Prime factors of 16578 are 2, 3, 307. Prime factorization of 16578 in exponential form is:

16578 = 2¹ × 3³ × 307¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16596

Prime factors of 16596 are 2, 3, 461. Prime factorization of 16596 in exponential form is:

16596 = 2² × 3² × 461¹

Step-3: Factors of 16578

List of positive integer factors of 16578 that divides 16578 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 307, 614, 921, 1842, 2763, 5526, 8289

Step-4: Factors of 16596

List of positive integer factors of 16596 that divides 16578 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 461, 922, 1383, 1844, 2766, 4149, 5532, 8298

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16578 and 16596. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16578 and 16596 is 18.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16578 and 16596