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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16594 and 16604?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16594 and 16604 is 2.

GCF(16594,16604) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16594 and 16604, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16594 and 16604.

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How to find the GCF of 16594 and 16604?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16594 and 16604. After we will calculate the factors of 16594 and 16604 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16594

Prime factors of 16594 are 2, 8297. Prime factorization of 16594 in exponential form is:

16594 = 21 × 82971

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16604

Prime factors of 16604 are 2, 7, 593. Prime factorization of 16604 in exponential form is:

16604 = 22 × 71 × 5931

Step-3: Factors of 16594

List of positive integer factors of 16594 that divides 16594 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8297

Step-4: Factors of 16604

List of positive integer factors of 16604 that divides 16594 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 593, 1186, 2372, 4151, 8302

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16594 and 16604. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16594 and 16604 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16594 and 16604