What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16694 and 16704?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16694 and 16704 is 2.

GCF(16694,16704) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16694 and 16704, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16694 and 16704.

How to find the GCF of 16694 and 16704?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16694 and 16704. After we will calculate the factors of 16694 and 16704 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 16704

Prime factors of 16704 are 2, 3, 29. Prime factorization of 16704 in exponential form is:

16704 = 2⁶ × 3² × 29¹

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 16704

List of positive integer factors of 16704 that divides 16694 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 29, 32, 36, 48, 58, 64, 72, 87, 96, 116, 144, 174, 192, 232, 261, 288, 348, 464, 522, 576, 696, 928, 1044, 1392, 1856, 2088, 2784, 4176, 5568, 8352

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16694 and 16704. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16694 and 16704 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16694 and 16704