Common Factors of 16,470 and 0

The common factors (divisors) of the numbers 16,470 and 0?

The common factors of the numbers 16,470 and 0 are all the factors of their 'greatest common factor', gcf


Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), gcf, hcf, gcd:

Zero is divisible by any number other than zero (there is no remainder when dividing zero by these numbers).

The greatest factor (divisor) of the number 16,470 is the number itself.


⇒ gcf, hcf, gcd (16,470; 0) = 16,470




To find all the factors (all the divisors) of the 'gcf', we need its prime factorization (to decompose it into prime factors).

The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.


16,470 = 2 × 33 × 5 × 61
16,470 is not a prime number but a composite one.



* Prime number: a natural number that is divisible only by 1 and itself. A prime number has exactly two factors: 1 and itself.
* Composite number: a natural number that has at least one other factor than 1 and itself.



How to count the number of factors of a number?

If a number N is prime factorized as:
N = am × bk × cz
where a, b, c are the prime factors and m, k, z are their exponents, natural numbers, ....


Then the number of factors of the number N can be calculated as:
n = (m + 1) × (k + 1) × (z + 1)


In our case, the number of factors is calculated as:

n = (1 + 1) × (3 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 2 × 4 × 2 × 2 = 32

But to actually calculate the factors, see below...

3. Multiply the prime factors of the 'gcf':

Multiply the prime factors involved in the prime factorization of the GCF in all their unique combinations, that give different results.


Also consider the exponents of the prime factors (example: 32 = 3 × 3 = 9).


Also add 1 to the list of factors (divisors). All the numbers are divisible by 1.


All the factors (divisors) are listed below - in ascending order

The list of factors (divisors):

neither prime nor composite = 1
prime factor = 2
prime factor = 3
prime factor = 5
2 × 3 = 6
32 = 9
2 × 5 = 10
3 × 5 = 15
2 × 32 = 18
33 = 27
2 × 3 × 5 = 30
32 × 5 = 45
2 × 33 = 54
prime factor = 61
2 × 32 × 5 = 90
2 × 61 = 122
This list continues below...

... This list continues from above
33 × 5 = 135
3 × 61 = 183
2 × 33 × 5 = 270
5 × 61 = 305
2 × 3 × 61 = 366
32 × 61 = 549
2 × 5 × 61 = 610
3 × 5 × 61 = 915
2 × 32 × 61 = 1,098
33 × 61 = 1,647
2 × 3 × 5 × 61 = 1,830
32 × 5 × 61 = 2,745
2 × 33 × 61 = 3,294
2 × 32 × 5 × 61 = 5,490
33 × 5 × 61 = 8,235
2 × 33 × 5 × 61 = 16,470

16,470 and 0 have 32 common factors (divisors):
1; 2; 3; 5; 6; 9; 10; 15; 18; 27; 30; 45; 54; 61; 90; 122; 135; 183; 270; 305; 366; 549; 610; 915; 1,098; 1,647; 1,830; 2,745; 3,294; 5,490; 8,235 and 16,470
out of which 4 prime factors: 2; 3; 5 and 61

Factors (divisors), common factors (common divisors), the greatest common factor, GCF (also called the greatest common divisor, GCD, or the highest common factor, HCF)

  • If the number "t" is a factor (divisor) of the number "a" then in the prime factorization of "t" we will only encounter prime factors that also occur in the prime factorization of "a".
  • If there are exponents involved, the maximum value of an exponent for any base of a power that is found in the prime factorization of "t" (powers, or multiplicities) is at most equal to the exponent of the same base that is involved in the prime factorization of "a".
  • Hint: 23 = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8. 2 is called the base and 3 is the exponent. 23 is the power and 8 is the value of the power. We sometimes say that the number 2 is raised to the power of 3.
  • For example, 12 is a factor (divisor) of 120 - the remainder is zero when dividing 120 by 12.
  • Let's look at the prime factorization of both numbers and notice the bases and the exponents that occur in the prime factorization of both numbers:
  • 12 = 2 × 2 × 3 = 22 × 3
  • 120 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 = 23 × 3 × 5
  • 120 contains all the prime factors of 12, and all its bases' exponents are higher than those of 12.
  • If "t" is a common factor (divisor) of "a" and "b", then the prime factorization of "t" contains only the common prime factors involved in the prime factorizations of both "a" and "b".
  • If there are exponents involved, the maximum value of an exponent for any base of a power that is found in the prime factorization of "t" is at most equal to the minimum of the exponents of the same base that is involved in the prime factorization of both "a" and "b".
  • For example, 12 is the common factor of 48 and 360.
  • The remainder is zero when dividing either 48 or 360 by 12.
  • Here there are the prime factorizations of the three numbers, 12, 48 and 360:
  • 12 = 22 × 3
  • 48 = 24 × 3
  • 360 = 23 × 32 × 5
  • Please note that 48 and 360 have more factors (divisors): 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24. Among them, 24 is the greatest common factor, GCF (or the greatest common divisor, GCD, or the highest common factor, HCF) of 48 and 360.
  • The greatest common factor, GCF, of two numbers, "a" and "b", is the product of all the common prime factors involved in the prime factorizations of both "a" and "b", taken by the lowest exponents.
  • Based on this rule it is calculated the greatest common factor, GCF, (or the greatest common divisor GCD, HCF) of several numbers, as shown in the example below...
  • GCF, GCD (1,260; 3,024; 5,544) = ?
  • 1,260 = 22 × 32
  • 3,024 = 24 × 32 × 7
  • 5,544 = 23 × 32 × 7 × 11
  • The common prime factors are:
  • 2 - its lowest exponent (multiplicity) is: min.(2; 3; 4) = 2
  • 3 - its lowest exponent (multiplicity) is: min.(2; 2; 2) = 2
  • GCF, GCD (1,260; 3,024; 5,544) = 22 × 32 = 252
  • Coprime numbers:
  • If two numbers "a" and "b" have no other common factors (divisors) than 1, gfc, gcd, hcf (a; b) = 1, then the numbers "a" and "b" are called coprime (or relatively prime).
  • Factors of the GCF
  • If "a" and "b" are not coprime, then every common factor (divisor) of "a" and "b" is a also a factor (divisor) of the greatest common factor, GCF (greatest common divisor, GCD, highest common factor, HCF) of "a" and "b".