What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15378 and 15396?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15378 and 15396 is 6.

GCF(15378,15396) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15378 and 15396, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15378 and 15396.

How to find the GCF of 15378 and 15396?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15378 and 15396. After we will calculate the factors of 15378 and 15396 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15378

Prime factors of 15378 are 2, 3, 11, 233. Prime factorization of 15378 in exponential form is:

15378 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15396

Prime factors of 15396 are 2, 3, 1283. Prime factorization of 15396 in exponential form is:

15396 = 2² × 3¹ × 1283¹

Step-3: Factors of 15378

List of positive integer factors of 15378 that divides 15378 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 233, 466, 699, 1398, 2563, 5126, 7689

Step-4: Factors of 15396

List of positive integer factors of 15396 that divides 15378 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1283, 2566, 3849, 5132, 7698

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15378 and 15396. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15378 and 15396 is 6.

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