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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16422 and 16426?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16422 and 16426 is 2.

GCF(16422,16426) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16422 and 16426, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16422 and 16426.

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How to find the GCF of 16422 and 16426?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16422 and 16426. After we will calculate the factors of 16422 and 16426 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16422

Prime factors of 16422 are 2, 3, 7, 17, 23. Prime factorization of 16422 in exponential form is:

16422 = 21 × 31 × 71 × 171 × 231

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16426

Prime factors of 16426 are 2, 43, 191. Prime factorization of 16426 in exponential form is:

16426 = 21 × 431 × 1911

Step-3: Factors of 16422

List of positive integer factors of 16422 that divides 16422 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 17, 21, 23, 34, 42, 46, 51, 69, 102, 119, 138, 161, 238, 322, 357, 391, 483, 714, 782, 966, 1173, 2346, 2737, 5474, 8211

Step-4: Factors of 16426

List of positive integer factors of 16426 that divides 16422 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 191, 382, 8213

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16422 and 16426. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16422 and 16426 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16422 and 16426