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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16859 and 16876?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16859 and 16876 is 1.

GCF(16859,16876) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16859 and 16876, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16859 and 16876.

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How to find the GCF of 16859 and 16876?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16859 and 16876. After we will calculate the factors of 16859 and 16876 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16859

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

16859 = 231 × 7331

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16876

Prime factors of 16876 are 2, 4219. Prime factorization of 16876 in exponential form is:

16876 = 22 × 42191

Step-3: Factors of 16859

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

1, 23, 733

Step-4: Factors of 16876

List of positive integer factors of 16876 that divides 16859 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 4219, 8438

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16859 and 16876. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16859 and 16876 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16859 and 16876