What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16659 and 16678?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16659 and 16678 is 1.

GCF(16659,16678) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16659 and 16678, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16659 and 16678.

How to find the GCF of 16659 and 16678?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16659 and 16678. After we will calculate the factors of 16659 and 16678 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16659

Prime factors of 16659 are 3, 617. Prime factorization of 16659 in exponential form is:

16659 = 3³ × 617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16678

Prime factors of 16678 are 2, 31, 269. Prime factorization of 16678 in exponential form is:

16678 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 269¹

Step-3: Factors of 16659

List of positive integer factors of 16659 that divides 16659 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 617, 1851, 5553

Step-4: Factors of 16678

List of positive integer factors of 16678 that divides 16659 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 269, 538, 8339

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16659 and 16678. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16659 and 16678 is 1.

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