What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15746 and 15760?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15746 and 15760 is 2.

GCF(15746,15760) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15746 and 15760, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15746 and 15760.

How to find the GCF of 15746 and 15760?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15746 and 15760. After we will calculate the factors of 15746 and 15760 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15746

Prime factors of 15746 are 2, 7873. Prime factorization of 15746 in exponential form is:

15746 = 2¹ × 7873¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15760

Prime factors of 15760 are 2, 5, 197. Prime factorization of 15760 in exponential form is:

15760 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 15746

List of positive integer factors of 15746 that divides 15746 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7873

Step-4: Factors of 15760

List of positive integer factors of 15760 that divides 15746 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 197, 394, 788, 985, 1576, 1970, 3152, 3940, 7880

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15746 and 15760. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15746 and 15760 is 2.

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