What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16457 and 16472?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16457 and 16472 is 1.

GCF(16457,16472) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16457 and 16472, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16457 and 16472.

How to find the GCF of 16457 and 16472?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16457 and 16472. After we will calculate the factors of 16457 and 16472 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16457

Prime factors of 16457 are 7, 2351. Prime factorization of 16457 in exponential form is:

16457 = 7¹ × 2351¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16472

Prime factors of 16472 are 2, 29, 71. Prime factorization of 16472 in exponential form is:

16472 = 2³ × 29¹ × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 16457

List of positive integer factors of 16457 that divides 16457 without a remainder.

1, 7, 2351

Step-4: Factors of 16472

List of positive integer factors of 16472 that divides 16457 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 29, 58, 71, 116, 142, 232, 284, 568, 2059, 4118, 8236

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16457 and 16472. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16457 and 16472 is 1.

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