What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15158 and 15174?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15158 and 15174 is 2.

GCF(15158,15174) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15158 and 15174, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15158 and 15174.

How to find the GCF of 15158 and 15174?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15158 and 15174. After we will calculate the factors of 15158 and 15174 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15158

Prime factors of 15158 are 2, 11, 13, 53. Prime factorization of 15158 in exponential form is:

15158 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15174

Prime factors of 15174 are 2, 3, 281. Prime factorization of 15174 in exponential form is:

15174 = 2¹ × 3³ × 281¹

Step-3: Factors of 15158

List of positive integer factors of 15158 that divides 15158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 13, 22, 26, 53, 106, 143, 286, 583, 689, 1166, 1378, 7579

Step-4: Factors of 15174

List of positive integer factors of 15174 that divides 15158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 281, 562, 843, 1686, 2529, 5058, 7587

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15158 and 15174. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15158 and 15174 is 2.

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