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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15918 and 15924?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15918 and 15924 is 6.

GCF(15918,15924) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15918 and 15924, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15918 and 15924.

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How to find the GCF of 15918 and 15924?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15918 and 15924. After we will calculate the factors of 15918 and 15924 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 15924

Prime factors of 15924 are 2, 3, 1327. Prime factorization of 15924 in exponential form is:

15924 = 22 × 31 × 13271

Step-3: Factors of 15918

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 15924

List of positive integer factors of 15924 that divides 15918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1327, 2654, 3981, 5308, 7962

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15918 and 15924. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15918 and 15924 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 15918 and 15924