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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16840 and 16854?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16840 and 16854 is 2.

GCF(16840,16854) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16840 and 16854, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16840 and 16854.

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How to find the GCF of 16840 and 16854?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16840 and 16854. After we will calculate the factors of 16840 and 16854 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 16854

Prime factors of 16854 are 2, 3, 53. Prime factorization of 16854 in exponential form is:

16854 = 21 × 31 × 532

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 16854

List of positive integer factors of 16854 that divides 16840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 53, 106, 159, 318, 2809, 5618, 8427

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16840 and 16854. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16840 and 16854 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16840 and 16854