What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15932 and 15949?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15932 and 15949 is 1.

GCF(15932,15949) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15932 and 15949, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15932 and 15949.

How to find the GCF of 15932 and 15949?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15932 and 15949. After we will calculate the factors of 15932 and 15949 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15932

Prime factors of 15932 are 2, 7, 569. Prime factorization of 15932 in exponential form is:

15932 = 2² × 7¹ × 569¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15949

Prime factors of 15949 are 41, 389. Prime factorization of 15949 in exponential form is:

15949 = 41¹ × 389¹

Step-3: Factors of 15932

List of positive integer factors of 15932 that divides 15932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 569, 1138, 2276, 3983, 7966

Step-4: Factors of 15949

List of positive integer factors of 15949 that divides 15932 without a remainder.

1, 41, 389

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15932 and 15949. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15932 and 15949 is 1.

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