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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15873 and 15878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15873 and 15878 is 1.

GCF(15873,15878) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15873 and 15878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15873 and 15878.

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How to find the GCF of 15873 and 15878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15873 and 15878. After we will calculate the factors of 15873 and 15878 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15873

Prime factors of 15873 are 3, 11, 13, 37. Prime factorization of 15873 in exponential form is:

15873 = 31 × 111 × 131 × 371

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15878

Prime factors of 15878 are 2, 17, 467. Prime factorization of 15878 in exponential form is:

15878 = 21 × 171 × 4671

Step-3: Factors of 15873

List of positive integer factors of 15873 that divides 15873 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 13, 33, 37, 39, 111, 143, 407, 429, 481, 1221, 1443, 5291

Step-4: Factors of 15878

List of positive integer factors of 15878 that divides 15873 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 467, 934, 7939

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15873 and 15878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15873 and 15878 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 15873 and 15878