What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15931 and 15945?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15931 and 15945 is 1.

GCF(15931,15945) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15931 and 15945, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15931 and 15945.

How to find the GCF of 15931 and 15945?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15931 and 15945. After we will calculate the factors of 15931 and 15945 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15931

Prime factors of 15931 are 89, 179. Prime factorization of 15931 in exponential form is:

15931 = 89¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15945

Prime factors of 15945 are 3, 5, 1063. Prime factorization of 15945 in exponential form is:

15945 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 1063¹

Step-3: Factors of 15931

List of positive integer factors of 15931 that divides 15931 without a remainder.

1, 89, 179

Step-4: Factors of 15945

List of positive integer factors of 15945 that divides 15931 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 1063, 3189, 5315

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15931 and 15945. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15931 and 15945 is 1.

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