What is the Greatest Common Factor of 21616 and 21632?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 21616 and 21632 is 16.

GCF(21616,21632) = 16

We will now calculate the prime factors of 21616 and 21632, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 21616 and 21632.

How to find the GCF of 21616 and 21632?

We will first find the prime factorization of 21616 and 21632. After we will calculate the factors of 21616 and 21632 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 21616

Prime factors of 21616 are 2, 7, 193. Prime factorization of 21616 in exponential form is:

21616 = 2⁴ × 7¹ × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 21632

Prime factors of 21632 are 2, 13. Prime factorization of 21632 in exponential form is:

21632 = 2⁷ × 13²

Step-3: Factors of 21616

List of positive integer factors of 21616 that divides 21616 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 112, 193, 386, 772, 1351, 1544, 2702, 3088, 5404, 10808

Step-4: Factors of 21632

List of positive integer factors of 21632 that divides 21616 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 16, 26, 32, 52, 64, 104, 128, 169, 208, 338, 416, 676, 832, 1352, 1664, 2704, 5408, 10816

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 21616 and 21632. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 21616 and 21632 is 16.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 21616 and 21632