What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16272 and 16280?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16272 and 16280 is 8.

GCF(16272,16280) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16272 and 16280, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16272 and 16280.

How to find the GCF of 16272 and 16280?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16272 and 16280. After we will calculate the factors of 16272 and 16280 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16272

Prime factors of 16272 are 2, 3, 113. Prime factorization of 16272 in exponential form is:

16272 = 2⁴ × 3² × 113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16280

Prime factors of 16280 are 2, 5, 11, 37. Prime factorization of 16280 in exponential form is:

16280 = 2³ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 16272

List of positive integer factors of 16272 that divides 16272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 36, 48, 72, 113, 144, 226, 339, 452, 678, 904, 1017, 1356, 1808, 2034, 2712, 4068, 5424, 8136

Step-4: Factors of 16280

List of positive integer factors of 16280 that divides 16272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 20, 22, 37, 40, 44, 55, 74, 88, 110, 148, 185, 220, 296, 370, 407, 440, 740, 814, 1480, 1628, 2035, 3256, 4070, 8140

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16272 and 16280. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16272 and 16280 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16272 and 16280