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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16846 and 16859?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16846 and 16859 is 1.

GCF(16846,16859) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16846 and 16859, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16846 and 16859.

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How to find the GCF of 16846 and 16859?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16846 and 16859. After we will calculate the factors of 16846 and 16859 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16846

Prime factors of 16846 are 2, 8423. Prime factorization of 16846 in exponential form is:

16846 = 21 × 84231

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16859

Prime factors of 16859 are 23, 733. Prime factorization of 16859 in exponential form is:

16859 = 231 × 7331

Step-3: Factors of 16846

List of positive integer factors of 16846 that divides 16846 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8423

Step-4: Factors of 16859

List of positive integer factors of 16859 that divides 16846 without a remainder.

1, 23, 733

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16846 and 16859. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16846 and 16859 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16846 and 16859