What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16287 and 16303?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16287 and 16303 is 1.

GCF(16287,16303) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16287 and 16303, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16287 and 16303.

How to find the GCF of 16287 and 16303?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16287 and 16303. After we will calculate the factors of 16287 and 16303 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16287

Prime factors of 16287 are 3, 61, 89. Prime factorization of 16287 in exponential form is:

16287 = 3¹ × 61¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16303

Prime factors of 16303 are 7, 17, 137. Prime factorization of 16303 in exponential form is:

16303 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 16287

List of positive integer factors of 16287 that divides 16287 without a remainder.

1, 3, 61, 89, 183, 267, 5429

Step-4: Factors of 16303

List of positive integer factors of 16303 that divides 16287 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 119, 137, 959, 2329

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16287 and 16303. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16287 and 16303 is 1.

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