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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16426 and 16436?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16426 and 16436 is 2.

GCF(16426,16436) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16426 and 16436, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16426 and 16436.

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How to find the GCF of 16426 and 16436?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16426 and 16436. After we will calculate the factors of 16426 and 16436 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 16436

Prime factors of 16436 are 2, 7, 587. Prime factorization of 16436 in exponential form is:

16436 = 22 × 71 × 5871

Step-3: Factors of 16426

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 16436

List of positive integer factors of 16436 that divides 16426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 587, 1174, 2348, 4109, 8218

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16426 and 16436. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16426 and 16436 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16426 and 16436