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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16990 and 17009?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16990 and 17009 is 1.

GCF(16990,17009) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16990 and 17009, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16990 and 17009.

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How to find the GCF of 16990 and 17009?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16990 and 17009. After we will calculate the factors of 16990 and 17009 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16990

Prime factors of 16990 are 2, 5, 1699. Prime factorization of 16990 in exponential form is:

16990 = 21 × 51 × 16991

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 17009

Prime factors of 17009 are 73, 233. Prime factorization of 17009 in exponential form is:

17009 = 731 × 2331

Step-3: Factors of 16990

List of positive integer factors of 16990 that divides 16990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 1699, 3398, 8495

Step-4: Factors of 17009

List of positive integer factors of 17009 that divides 16990 without a remainder.

1, 73, 233

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16990 and 17009. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16990 and 17009 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 16990 and 17009