What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16490 and 16496?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16490 and 16496 is 2.

GCF(16490,16496) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16490 and 16496, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16490 and 16496.

How to find the GCF of 16490 and 16496?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16490 and 16496. After we will calculate the factors of 16490 and 16496 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16490

Prime factors of 16490 are 2, 5, 17, 97. Prime factorization of 16490 in exponential form is:

16490 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16496

Prime factors of 16496 are 2, 1031. Prime factorization of 16496 in exponential form is:

16496 = 2⁴ × 1031¹

Step-3: Factors of 16490

List of positive integer factors of 16490 that divides 16490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 34, 85, 97, 170, 194, 485, 970, 1649, 3298, 8245

Step-4: Factors of 16496

List of positive integer factors of 16496 that divides 16490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1031, 2062, 4124, 8248

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16490 and 16496. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16490 and 16496 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16490 and 16496