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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16726 and 16736?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16726 and 16736 is 2.

GCF(16726,16736) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16726 and 16736, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16726 and 16736.

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How to find the GCF of 16726 and 16736?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16726 and 16736. After we will calculate the factors of 16726 and 16736 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16726

Prime factors of 16726 are 2, 8363. Prime factorization of 16726 in exponential form is:

16726 = 21 × 83631

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 16726

List of positive integer factors of 16726 that divides 16726 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8363

Step-4: Factors of 16736

List of positive integer factors of 16736 that divides 16726 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 16726 and 16736. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16726 and 16736 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16726 and 16736