What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16255 and 16275?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16255 and 16275 is 5.

GCF(16255,16275) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16255 and 16275, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16255 and 16275.

How to find the GCF of 16255 and 16275?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16255 and 16275. After we will calculate the factors of 16255 and 16275 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16255

Prime factors of 16255 are 5, 3251. Prime factorization of 16255 in exponential form is:

16255 = 5¹ × 3251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16275

Prime factors of 16275 are 3, 5, 7, 31. Prime factorization of 16275 in exponential form is:

16275 = 3¹ × 5² × 7¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 16255

List of positive integer factors of 16255 that divides 16255 without a remainder.

1, 5, 3251

Step-4: Factors of 16275

List of positive integer factors of 16275 that divides 16255 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 21, 25, 31, 35, 75, 93, 105, 155, 175, 217, 465, 525, 651, 775, 1085, 2325, 3255, 5425

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16255 and 16275. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16255 and 16275 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16255 and 16275