What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15916 and 15926?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15916 and 15926 is 2.

GCF(15916,15926) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15916 and 15926, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15916 and 15926.

How to find the GCF of 15916 and 15926?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15916 and 15926. After we will calculate the factors of 15916 and 15926 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15916

Prime factors of 15916 are 2, 23, 173. Prime factorization of 15916 in exponential form is:

15916 = 2² × 23¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15926

Prime factors of 15926 are 2, 7963. Prime factorization of 15926 in exponential form is:

15926 = 2¹ × 7963¹

Step-3: Factors of 15916

List of positive integer factors of 15916 that divides 15916 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 173, 346, 692, 3979, 7958

Step-4: Factors of 15926

List of positive integer factors of 15926 that divides 15916 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7963

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15916 and 15926. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15916 and 15926 is 2.

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