What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16831 and 16850?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16831 and 16850 is 1.

GCF(16831,16850) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16831 and 16850, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16831 and 16850.

How to find the GCF of 16831 and 16850?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16831 and 16850. After we will calculate the factors of 16831 and 16850 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16831

Prime factors of 16831 are 16831. Prime factorization of 16831 in exponential form is:

16831 = 16831¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16850

Prime factors of 16850 are 2, 5, 337. Prime factorization of 16850 in exponential form is:

16850 = 2¹ × 5² × 337¹

Step-3: Factors of 16831

List of positive integer factors of 16831 that divides 16831 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 16850

List of positive integer factors of 16850 that divides 16831 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 337, 674, 1685, 3370, 8425

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16831 and 16850. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16831 and 16850 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16831 and 16850