What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15531 and 15536?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15531 and 15536 is 1.

GCF(15531,15536) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15531 and 15536, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15531 and 15536.

How to find the GCF of 15531 and 15536?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15531 and 15536. After we will calculate the factors of 15531 and 15536 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15531

Prime factors of 15531 are 3, 31, 167. Prime factorization of 15531 in exponential form is:

15531 = 3¹ × 31¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15536

Prime factors of 15536 are 2, 971. Prime factorization of 15536 in exponential form is:

15536 = 2⁴ × 971¹

Step-3: Factors of 15531

List of positive integer factors of 15531 that divides 15531 without a remainder.

1, 3, 31, 93, 167, 501, 5177

Step-4: Factors of 15536

List of positive integer factors of 15536 that divides 15531 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 971, 1942, 3884, 7768

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15531 and 15536. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15531 and 15536 is 1.

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