What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16401 and 16421?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16401 and 16421 is 1.

GCF(16401,16421) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16401 and 16421, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16401 and 16421.

How to find the GCF of 16401 and 16421?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16401 and 16421. After we will calculate the factors of 16401 and 16421 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 16421

Prime factors of 16421 are 16421. Prime factorization of 16421 in exponential form is:

16421 = 16421¹

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 16421

List of positive integer factors of 16421 that divides 16401 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16401 and 16421. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16401 and 16421 is 1.

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