What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16455 and 16460?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16455 and 16460 is 5.

GCF(16455,16460) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16455 and 16460, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16455 and 16460.

How to find the GCF of 16455 and 16460?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16455 and 16460. After we will calculate the factors of 16455 and 16460 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16455

Prime factors of 16455 are 3, 5, 1097. Prime factorization of 16455 in exponential form is:

16455 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 1097¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16460

Prime factors of 16460 are 2, 5, 823. Prime factorization of 16460 in exponential form is:

16460 = 2² × 5¹ × 823¹

Step-3: Factors of 16455

List of positive integer factors of 16455 that divides 16455 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 1097, 3291, 5485

Step-4: Factors of 16460

List of positive integer factors of 16460 that divides 16455 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 823, 1646, 3292, 4115, 8230

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16455 and 16460. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16455 and 16460 is 5.

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