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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16936 and 16944?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16936 and 16944 is 8.

GCF(16936,16944) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16936 and 16944, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16936 and 16944.

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How to find the GCF of 16936 and 16944?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16936 and 16944. After we will calculate the factors of 16936 and 16944 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16936

Prime factors of 16936 are 2, 29, 73. Prime factorization of 16936 in exponential form is:

16936 = 23 × 291 × 731

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16944

Prime factors of 16944 are 2, 3, 353. Prime factorization of 16944 in exponential form is:

16944 = 24 × 31 × 3531

Step-3: Factors of 16936

List of positive integer factors of 16936 that divides 16936 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 29, 58, 73, 116, 146, 232, 292, 584, 2117, 4234, 8468

Step-4: Factors of 16944

List of positive integer factors of 16944 that divides 16936 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 353, 706, 1059, 1412, 2118, 2824, 4236, 5648, 8472

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16936 and 16944. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16936 and 16944 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16936 and 16944