What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15826 and 15837?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15826 and 15837 is 1.

GCF(15826,15837) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15826 and 15837, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15826 and 15837.

How to find the GCF of 15826 and 15837?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15826 and 15837. After we will calculate the factors of 15826 and 15837 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15826

Prime factors of 15826 are 2, 41, 193. Prime factorization of 15826 in exponential form is:

15826 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15837

Prime factors of 15837 are 3, 5279. Prime factorization of 15837 in exponential form is:

15837 = 3¹ × 5279¹

Step-3: Factors of 15826

List of positive integer factors of 15826 that divides 15826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 193, 386, 7913

Step-4: Factors of 15837

List of positive integer factors of 15837 that divides 15826 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15826 and 15837. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15826 and 15837 is 1.

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