What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15596 and 15602?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15596 and 15602 is 2.

GCF(15596,15602) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15596 and 15602, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15596 and 15602.

How to find the GCF of 15596 and 15602?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15596 and 15602. After we will calculate the factors of 15596 and 15602 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15596

Prime factors of 15596 are 2, 7, 557. Prime factorization of 15596 in exponential form is:

15596 = 2² × 7¹ × 557¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15602

Prime factors of 15602 are 2, 29, 269. Prime factorization of 15602 in exponential form is:

15602 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 269¹

Step-3: Factors of 15596

List of positive integer factors of 15596 that divides 15596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 557, 1114, 2228, 3899, 7798

Step-4: Factors of 15602

List of positive integer factors of 15602 that divides 15596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 269, 538, 7801

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15596 and 15602. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15596 and 15602 is 2.

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