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Neither 16 nor 36 have a greatest common factor. There is neither a greatest common factor nor common factors of a single number, such as 16, because there cannot be any form of common factor without two or more numbers to compare. Common factors are factors that the numbers being compared have in common. The greatest common factor is the largest factor that all the numbers being compared have in common. Thus, since there are not two or more numbers to compare, there are neither common factors nor a greatest common factor.

However, there is a greatest common factor of the pair of 16 and 36. It is 4. See the related question for an explanation on finding the greatest common factor of 16 and 36.

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