What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15910 and 15918?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15910 and 15918 is 2.

GCF(15910,15918) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15910 and 15918, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15910 and 15918.

How to find the GCF of 15910 and 15918?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15910 and 15918. After we will calculate the factors of 15910 and 15918 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15910

Prime factors of 15910 are 2, 5, 37, 43. Prime factorization of 15910 in exponential form is:

15910 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 37¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15918

Prime factors of 15918 are 2, 3, 7, 379. Prime factorization of 15918 in exponential form is:

15918 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 379¹

Step-3: Factors of 15910

List of positive integer factors of 15910 that divides 15910 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 37, 43, 74, 86, 185, 215, 370, 430, 1591, 3182, 7955

Step-4: Factors of 15918

List of positive integer factors of 15918 that divides 15910 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 379, 758, 1137, 2274, 2653, 5306, 7959

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15910 and 15918. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15910 and 15918 is 2.

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