What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16286 and 16290?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16286 and 16290 is 2.

GCF(16286,16290) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16286 and 16290, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16286 and 16290.

How to find the GCF of 16286 and 16290?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16286 and 16290. After we will calculate the factors of 16286 and 16290 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16286

Prime factors of 16286 are 2, 17, 479. Prime factorization of 16286 in exponential form is:

16286 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 479¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16290

Prime factors of 16290 are 2, 3, 5, 181. Prime factorization of 16290 in exponential form is:

16290 = 2¹ × 3² × 5¹ × 181¹

Step-3: Factors of 16286

List of positive integer factors of 16286 that divides 16286 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 479, 958, 8143

Step-4: Factors of 16290

List of positive integer factors of 16290 that divides 16286 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 30, 45, 90, 181, 362, 543, 905, 1086, 1629, 1810, 2715, 3258, 5430, 8145

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16286 and 16290. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16286 and 16290 is 2.

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