What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16294 and 16304?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16294 and 16304 is 2.

GCF(16294,16304) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16294 and 16304, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16294 and 16304.

How to find the GCF of 16294 and 16304?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16294 and 16304. After we will calculate the factors of 16294 and 16304 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16294

Prime factors of 16294 are 2, 8147. Prime factorization of 16294 in exponential form is:

16294 = 2¹ × 8147¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16304

Prime factors of 16304 are 2, 1019. Prime factorization of 16304 in exponential form is:

16304 = 2⁴ × 1019¹

Step-3: Factors of 16294

List of positive integer factors of 16294 that divides 16294 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8147

Step-4: Factors of 16304

List of positive integer factors of 16304 that divides 16294 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1019, 2038, 4076, 8152

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16294 and 16304. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16294 and 16304 is 2.

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