What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16342 and 16356?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16342 and 16356 is 2.

GCF(16342,16356) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16342 and 16356, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16342 and 16356.

How to find the GCF of 16342 and 16356?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16342 and 16356. After we will calculate the factors of 16342 and 16356 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16342

Prime factors of 16342 are 2, 8171. Prime factorization of 16342 in exponential form is:

16342 = 2¹ × 8171¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16356

Prime factors of 16356 are 2, 3, 29, 47. Prime factorization of 16356 in exponential form is:

16356 = 2² × 3¹ × 29¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 16342

List of positive integer factors of 16342 that divides 16342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8171

Step-4: Factors of 16356

List of positive integer factors of 16356 that divides 16342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 29, 47, 58, 87, 94, 116, 141, 174, 188, 282, 348, 564, 1363, 2726, 4089, 5452, 8178

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16342 and 16356. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16342 and 16356 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16342 and 16356