What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16899 and 16907?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16899 and 16907 is 1.

GCF(16899,16907) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16899 and 16907, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16899 and 16907.

How to find the GCF of 16899 and 16907?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16899 and 16907. After we will calculate the factors of 16899 and 16907 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16899

Prime factors of 16899 are 3, 43, 131. Prime factorization of 16899 in exponential form is:

16899 = 3¹ × 43¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16907

Prime factors of 16907 are 11, 29, 53. Prime factorization of 16907 in exponential form is:

16907 = 11¹ × 29¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 16899

List of positive integer factors of 16899 that divides 16899 without a remainder.

1, 3, 43, 129, 131, 393, 5633

Step-4: Factors of 16907

List of positive integer factors of 16907 that divides 16899 without a remainder.

1, 11, 29, 53, 319, 583, 1537

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16899 and 16907. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16899 and 16907 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16899 and 16907