What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16992 and 17008?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16992 and 17008 is 16.

GCF(16992,17008) = 16

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16992 and 17008, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16992 and 17008.

How to find the GCF of 16992 and 17008?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16992 and 17008. After we will calculate the factors of 16992 and 17008 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16992

Prime factors of 16992 are 2, 3, 59. Prime factorization of 16992 in exponential form is:

16992 = 2⁵ × 3² × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17008

Prime factors of 17008 are 2, 1063. Prime factorization of 17008 in exponential form is:

17008 = 2⁴ × 1063¹

Step-3: Factors of 16992

List of positive integer factors of 16992 that divides 16992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 32, 36, 48, 59, 72, 96, 118, 144, 177, 236, 288, 354, 472, 531, 708, 944, 1062, 1416, 1888, 2124, 2832, 4248, 5664, 8496

Step-4: Factors of 17008

List of positive integer factors of 17008 that divides 16992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1063, 2126, 4252, 8504

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16992 and 17008. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16992 and 17008 is 16.

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