What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16032 and 16047?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16032 and 16047 is 3.

GCF(16032,16047) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16032 and 16047, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16032 and 16047.

How to find the GCF of 16032 and 16047?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16032 and 16047. After we will calculate the factors of 16032 and 16047 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16032

Prime factors of 16032 are 2, 3, 167. Prime factorization of 16032 in exponential form is:

16032 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16047

Prime factors of 16047 are 3, 1783. Prime factorization of 16047 in exponential form is:

16047 = 3² × 1783¹

Step-3: Factors of 16032

List of positive integer factors of 16032 that divides 16032 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 167, 334, 501, 668, 1002, 1336, 2004, 2672, 4008, 5344, 8016

Step-4: Factors of 16047

List of positive integer factors of 16047 that divides 16032 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1783, 5349

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16032 and 16047. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16032 and 16047 is 3.

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