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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16849 and 16863?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16849 and 16863 is 7.

GCF(16849,16863) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16849 and 16863, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16849 and 16863.

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How to find the GCF of 16849 and 16863?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16849 and 16863. After we will calculate the factors of 16849 and 16863 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16849

Prime factors of 16849 are 7, 29, 83. Prime factorization of 16849 in exponential form is:

16849 = 71 × 291 × 831

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16863

Prime factors of 16863 are 3, 7, 11, 73. Prime factorization of 16863 in exponential form is:

16863 = 31 × 71 × 111 × 731

Step-3: Factors of 16849

List of positive integer factors of 16849 that divides 16849 without a remainder.

1, 7, 29, 83, 203, 581, 2407

Step-4: Factors of 16863

List of positive integer factors of 16863 that divides 16849 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 11, 21, 33, 73, 77, 219, 231, 511, 803, 1533, 2409, 5621

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16849 and 16863. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16849 and 16863 is 7.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16849 and 16863