What is the Greatest Common Factor of 19644 and 19662?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 19644 and 19662 is 6.

GCF(19644,19662) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 19644 and 19662, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 19644 and 19662.

How to find the GCF of 19644 and 19662?

We will first find the prime factorization of 19644 and 19662. After we will calculate the factors of 19644 and 19662 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 19644

Prime factors of 19644 are 2, 3, 1637. Prime factorization of 19644 in exponential form is:

19644 = 2² × 3¹ × 1637¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 19662

Prime factors of 19662 are 2, 3, 29, 113. Prime factorization of 19662 in exponential form is:

19662 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 19644

List of positive integer factors of 19644 that divides 19644 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1637, 3274, 4911, 6548, 9822

Step-4: Factors of 19662

List of positive integer factors of 19662 that divides 19644 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 113, 174, 226, 339, 678, 3277, 6554, 9831

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 19644 and 19662. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 19644 and 19662 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 19644 and 19662