What is the Greatest Common Factor of 1566 and 1576?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 1566 and 1576 is 2.

GCF(1566,1576) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 1566 and 1576, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 1566 and 1576.

How to find the GCF of 1566 and 1576?

We will first find the prime factorization of 1566 and 1576. After we will calculate the factors of 1566 and 1576 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 1566

Prime factors of 1566 are 2, 3, 29. Prime factorization of 1566 in exponential form is:

1566 = 2¹ × 3³ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 1576

Prime factors of 1576 are 2, 197. Prime factorization of 1576 in exponential form is:

1576 = 2³ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 1566

List of positive integer factors of 1566 that divides 1566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 29, 54, 58, 87, 174, 261, 522, 783

Step-4: Factors of 1576

List of positive integer factors of 1576 that divides 1566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 197, 394, 788

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 1566 and 1576. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 1566 and 1576 is 2.

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