What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15196 and 15204?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15196 and 15204 is 4.

GCF(15196,15204) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15196 and 15204, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15196 and 15204.

How to find the GCF of 15196 and 15204?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15196 and 15204. After we will calculate the factors of 15196 and 15204 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15196

Prime factors of 15196 are 2, 29, 131. Prime factorization of 15196 in exponential form is:

15196 = 2² × 29¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15204

Prime factors of 15204 are 2, 3, 7, 181. Prime factorization of 15204 in exponential form is:

15204 = 2² × 3¹ × 7¹ × 181¹

Step-3: Factors of 15196

List of positive integer factors of 15196 that divides 15196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 29, 58, 116, 131, 262, 524, 3799, 7598

Step-4: Factors of 15204

List of positive integer factors of 15204 that divides 15196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 181, 362, 543, 724, 1086, 1267, 2172, 2534, 3801, 5068, 7602

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15196 and 15204. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15196 and 15204 is 4.

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