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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16840 and 16850?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16840 and 16850 is 10.

GCF(16840,16850) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16840 and 16850, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16840 and 16850.

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How to find the GCF of 16840 and 16850?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16840 and 16850. After we will calculate the factors of 16840 and 16850 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16840

Prime factors of 16840 are 2, 5, 421. Prime factorization of 16840 in exponential form is:

16840 = 23 × 51 × 4211

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 16840

List of positive integer factors of 16840 that divides 16840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 421, 842, 1684, 2105, 3368, 4210, 8420

Step-4: Factors of 16850

List of positive integer factors of 16850 that divides 16840 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 16840 and 16850. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16840 and 16850 is 10.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16840 and 16850