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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16502 and 16512?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16502 and 16512 is 2.

GCF(16502,16512) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16502 and 16512, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16502 and 16512.

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How to find the GCF of 16502 and 16512?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16502 and 16512. After we will calculate the factors of 16502 and 16512 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16502

Prime factors of 16502 are 2, 37, 223. Prime factorization of 16502 in exponential form is:

16502 = 21 × 371 × 2231

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16512

Prime factors of 16512 are 2, 3, 43. Prime factorization of 16512 in exponential form is:

16512 = 27 × 31 × 431

Step-3: Factors of 16502

List of positive integer factors of 16502 that divides 16502 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 223, 446, 8251

Step-4: Factors of 16512

List of positive integer factors of 16512 that divides 16502 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 43, 48, 64, 86, 96, 128, 129, 172, 192, 258, 344, 384, 516, 688, 1032, 1376, 2064, 2752, 4128, 5504, 8256

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16502 and 16512. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16502 and 16512 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16502 and 16512