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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16251 and 16266?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16251 and 16266 is 3.

GCF(16251,16266) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16251 and 16266, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16251 and 16266.

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How to find the GCF of 16251 and 16266?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16251 and 16266. After we will calculate the factors of 16251 and 16266 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16251

Prime factors of 16251 are 3, 5417. Prime factorization of 16251 in exponential form is:

16251 = 31 × 54171

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16266

Prime factors of 16266 are 2, 3, 2711. Prime factorization of 16266 in exponential form is:

16266 = 21 × 31 × 27111

Step-3: Factors of 16251

List of positive integer factors of 16251 that divides 16251 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5417

Step-4: Factors of 16266

List of positive integer factors of 16266 that divides 16251 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 2711, 5422, 8133

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16251 and 16266. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16251 and 16266 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16251 and 16266