What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16832 and 16852?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16832 and 16852 is 4.

GCF(16832,16852) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16832 and 16852, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16832 and 16852.

How to find the GCF of 16832 and 16852?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16832 and 16852. After we will calculate the factors of 16832 and 16852 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16832

Prime factors of 16832 are 2, 263. Prime factorization of 16832 in exponential form is:

16832 = 2⁶ × 263¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16852

Prime factors of 16852 are 2, 11, 383. Prime factorization of 16852 in exponential form is:

16852 = 2² × 11¹ × 383¹

Step-3: Factors of 16832

List of positive integer factors of 16832 that divides 16832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 263, 526, 1052, 2104, 4208, 8416

Step-4: Factors of 16852

List of positive integer factors of 16852 that divides 16832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 383, 766, 1532, 4213, 8426

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16832 and 16852. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16832 and 16852 is 4.

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