What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16022 and 16042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16022 and 16042 is 2.

GCF(16022,16042) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16022 and 16042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16022 and 16042.

How to find the GCF of 16022 and 16042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16022 and 16042. After we will calculate the factors of 16022 and 16042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16022

Prime factors of 16022 are 2, 8011. Prime factorization of 16022 in exponential form is:

16022 = 2¹ × 8011¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16042

Prime factors of 16042 are 2, 13, 617. Prime factorization of 16042 in exponential form is:

16042 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 617¹

Step-3: Factors of 16022

List of positive integer factors of 16022 that divides 16022 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8011

Step-4: Factors of 16042

List of positive integer factors of 16042 that divides 16022 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 617, 1234, 8021

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16022 and 16042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16022 and 16042 is 2.

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