What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15452 and 15462?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15452 and 15462 is 2.

GCF(15452,15462) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15452 and 15462, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15452 and 15462.

How to find the GCF of 15452 and 15462?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15452 and 15462. After we will calculate the factors of 15452 and 15462 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15452

Prime factors of 15452 are 2, 3863. Prime factorization of 15452 in exponential form is:

15452 = 2² × 3863¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15462

Prime factors of 15462 are 2, 3, 859. Prime factorization of 15462 in exponential form is:

15462 = 2¹ × 3² × 859¹

Step-3: Factors of 15452

List of positive integer factors of 15452 that divides 15452 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3863, 7726

Step-4: Factors of 15462

List of positive integer factors of 15462 that divides 15452 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 859, 1718, 2577, 5154, 7731

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15452 and 15462. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15452 and 15462 is 2.

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