What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4002 and 4016?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4002 and 4016 is 2.

GCF(4002,4016) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4002 and 4016, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4002 and 4016.

How to find the GCF of 4002 and 4016?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4002 and 4016. After we will calculate the factors of 4002 and 4016 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4002

Prime factors of 4002 are 2, 3, 23, 29. Prime factorization of 4002 in exponential form is:

4002 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4016

Prime factors of 4016 are 2, 251. Prime factorization of 4016 in exponential form is:

4016 = 2⁴ × 251¹

Step-3: Factors of 4002

List of positive integer factors of 4002 that divides 4002 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 29, 46, 58, 69, 87, 138, 174, 667, 1334, 2001

Step-4: Factors of 4016

List of positive integer factors of 4016 that divides 4002 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 251, 502, 1004, 2008

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4002 and 4016. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4002 and 4016 is 2.

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