What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34800 and 34816?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34800 and 34816 is 16.

GCF(34800,34816) = 16

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34800 and 34816, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34800 and 34816.

How to find the GCF of 34800 and 34816?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34800 and 34816. After we will calculate the factors of 34800 and 34816 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34800

Prime factors of 34800 are 2, 3, 5, 29. Prime factorization of 34800 in exponential form is:

34800 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 5² × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34816

Prime factors of 34816 are 2, 17. Prime factorization of 34816 in exponential form is:

34816 = 2¹¹ × 17¹

Step-3: Factors of 34800

List of positive integer factors of 34800 that divides 34800 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 25, 29, 30, 40, 48, 50, 58, 60, 75, 80, 87, 100, 116, 120, 145, 150, 174, 200, 232, 240, 290, 300, 348, 400, 435, 464, 580, 600, 696, 725, 870, 1160, 1200, 1392, 1450, 1740, 2175, 2320, 2900, 3480, 4350, 5800, 6960, 8700, 11600, 17400

Step-4: Factors of 34816

List of positive integer factors of 34816 that divides 34800 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 32, 34, 64, 68, 128, 136, 256, 272, 512, 544, 1024, 1088, 2048, 2176, 4352, 8704, 17408

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34800 and 34816. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34800 and 34816 is 16.

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