What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16356 and 16361?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16356 and 16361 is 1.

GCF(16356,16361) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16356 and 16361, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16356 and 16361.

How to find the GCF of 16356 and 16361?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16356 and 16361. After we will calculate the factors of 16356 and 16361 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 16361

Prime factors of 16361 are 16361. Prime factorization of 16361 in exponential form is:

16361 = 16361¹

Step-3: Factors of 16356

List of positive integer factors of 16356 that divides 16356 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

Step-4: Factors of 16361

List of positive integer factors of 16361 that divides 16356 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16356 and 16361. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16356 and 16361 is 1.

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