What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16156 and 16161?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16156 and 16161 is 1.

GCF(16156,16161) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16156 and 16161, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16156 and 16161.

How to find the GCF of 16156 and 16161?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16156 and 16161. After we will calculate the factors of 16156 and 16161 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16156

Prime factors of 16156 are 2, 7, 577. Prime factorization of 16156 in exponential form is:

16156 = 2² × 7¹ × 577¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16161

Prime factors of 16161 are 3, 5387. Prime factorization of 16161 in exponential form is:

16161 = 3¹ × 5387¹

Step-3: Factors of 16156

List of positive integer factors of 16156 that divides 16156 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 577, 1154, 2308, 4039, 8078

Step-4: Factors of 16161

List of positive integer factors of 16161 that divides 16156 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5387

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16156 and 16161. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16156 and 16161 is 1.

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