What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16694 and 16702?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16694 and 16702 is 2.

GCF(16694,16702) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16694 and 16702, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16694 and 16702.

How to find the GCF of 16694 and 16702?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16694 and 16702. After we will calculate the factors of 16694 and 16702 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16694

Prime factors of 16694 are 2, 17, 491. Prime factorization of 16694 in exponential form is:

16694 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 491¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16702

Prime factors of 16702 are 2, 7, 1193. Prime factorization of 16702 in exponential form is:

16702 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1193¹

Step-3: Factors of 16694

List of positive integer factors of 16694 that divides 16694 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 491, 982, 8347

Step-4: Factors of 16702

List of positive integer factors of 16702 that divides 16694 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1193, 2386, 8351

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16694 and 16702. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16694 and 16702 is 2.

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