What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16401 and 16418?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16401 and 16418 is 1.

GCF(16401,16418) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16401 and 16418, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16401 and 16418.

How to find the GCF of 16401 and 16418?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16401 and 16418. After we will calculate the factors of 16401 and 16418 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16401

Prime factors of 16401 are 3, 7, 11, 71. Prime factorization of 16401 in exponential form is:

16401 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16418

Prime factors of 16418 are 2, 8209. Prime factorization of 16418 in exponential form is:

16418 = 2¹ × 8209¹

Step-3: Factors of 16401

List of positive integer factors of 16401 that divides 16401 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 11, 21, 33, 71, 77, 213, 231, 497, 781, 1491, 2343, 5467

Step-4: Factors of 16418

List of positive integer factors of 16418 that divides 16401 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8209

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16401 and 16418. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16401 and 16418 is 1.

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