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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16722 and 16736?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16722 and 16736 is 2.

GCF(16722,16736) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16722 and 16736, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16722 and 16736.

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How to find the GCF of 16722 and 16736?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16722 and 16736. After we will calculate the factors of 16722 and 16736 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16722

Prime factors of 16722 are 2, 3, 929. Prime factorization of 16722 in exponential form is:

16722 = 21 × 32 × 9291

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16736

Prime factors of 16736 are 2, 523. Prime factorization of 16736 in exponential form is:

16736 = 25 × 5231

Step-3: Factors of 16722

List of positive integer factors of 16722 that divides 16722 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 929, 1858, 2787, 5574, 8361

Step-4: Factors of 16736

List of positive integer factors of 16736 that divides 16722 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 523, 1046, 2092, 4184, 8368

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16722 and 16736. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16722 and 16736 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16722 and 16736