What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16672 and 16681?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16672 and 16681 is 1.

GCF(16672,16681) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16672 and 16681, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16672 and 16681.

How to find the GCF of 16672 and 16681?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16672 and 16681. After we will calculate the factors of 16672 and 16681 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16672

Prime factors of 16672 are 2, 521. Prime factorization of 16672 in exponential form is:

16672 = 2⁵ × 521¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16681

Prime factors of 16681 are 7, 2383. Prime factorization of 16681 in exponential form is:

16681 = 7¹ × 2383¹

Step-3: Factors of 16672

List of positive integer factors of 16672 that divides 16672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 521, 1042, 2084, 4168, 8336

Step-4: Factors of 16681

List of positive integer factors of 16681 that divides 16672 without a remainder.

1, 7, 2383

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16672 and 16681. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16672 and 16681 is 1.

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