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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15921 and 15927?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15921 and 15927 is 3.

GCF(15921,15927) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15921 and 15927, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15921 and 15927.

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How to find the GCF of 15921 and 15927?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15921 and 15927. After we will calculate the factors of 15921 and 15927 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15921

Prime factors of 15921 are 3, 29, 61. Prime factorization of 15921 in exponential form is:

15921 = 32 × 291 × 611

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15927

Prime factors of 15927 are 3, 5309. Prime factorization of 15927 in exponential form is:

15927 = 31 × 53091

Step-3: Factors of 15921

List of positive integer factors of 15921 that divides 15921 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 29, 61, 87, 183, 261, 549, 1769, 5307

Step-4: Factors of 15927

List of positive integer factors of 15927 that divides 15921 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5309

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15921 and 15927. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15921 and 15927 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 15921 and 15927