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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16871 and 16878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16871 and 16878 is 1.

GCF(16871,16878) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16871 and 16878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16871 and 16878.

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How to find the GCF of 16871 and 16878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16871 and 16878. After we will calculate the factors of 16871 and 16878 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16871

Prime factors of 16871 are 16871. Prime factorization of 16871 in exponential form is:

16871 = 168711

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16878

Prime factors of 16878 are 2, 3, 29, 97. Prime factorization of 16878 in exponential form is:

16878 = 21 × 31 × 291 × 971

Step-3: Factors of 16871

List of positive integer factors of 16871 that divides 16871 without a remainder.

1

Step-4: Factors of 16878

List of positive integer factors of 16878 that divides 16871 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 97, 174, 194, 291, 582, 2813, 5626, 8439

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16871 and 16878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16871 and 16878 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16871 and 16878