What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16880 and 16894?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16880 and 16894 is 2.

GCF(16880,16894) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16880 and 16894, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16880 and 16894.

How to find the GCF of 16880 and 16894?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16880 and 16894. After we will calculate the factors of 16880 and 16894 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16880

Prime factors of 16880 are 2, 5, 211. Prime factorization of 16880 in exponential form is:

16880 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16894

Prime factors of 16894 are 2, 8447. Prime factorization of 16894 in exponential form is:

16894 = 2¹ × 8447¹

Step-3: Factors of 16880

List of positive integer factors of 16880 that divides 16880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 211, 422, 844, 1055, 1688, 2110, 3376, 4220, 8440

Step-4: Factors of 16894

List of positive integer factors of 16894 that divides 16880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8447

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16880 and 16894. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16880 and 16894 is 2.

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