What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15062 and 15078?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15062 and 15078 is 2.

GCF(15062,15078) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15062 and 15078, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15062 and 15078.

How to find the GCF of 15062 and 15078?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15062 and 15078. After we will calculate the factors of 15062 and 15078 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15062

Prime factors of 15062 are 2, 17, 443. Prime factorization of 15062 in exponential form is:

15062 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 443¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15078

Prime factors of 15078 are 2, 3, 7, 359. Prime factorization of 15078 in exponential form is:

15078 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 359¹

Step-3: Factors of 15062

List of positive integer factors of 15062 that divides 15062 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 443, 886, 7531

Step-4: Factors of 15078

List of positive integer factors of 15078 that divides 15062 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 359, 718, 1077, 2154, 2513, 5026, 7539

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15062 and 15078. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15062 and 15078 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 15062 and 15078