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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15980 and 15991?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15980 and 15991 is 1.

GCF(15980,15991) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15980 and 15991, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15980 and 15991.

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How to find the GCF of 15980 and 15991?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15980 and 15991. After we will calculate the factors of 15980 and 15991 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15980

Prime factors of 15980 are 2, 5, 17, 47. Prime factorization of 15980 in exponential form is:

15980 = 22 × 51 × 171 × 471

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15991

Prime factors of 15991 are 15991. Prime factorization of 15991 in exponential form is:

15991 = 159911

Step-3: Factors of 15980

List of positive integer factors of 15980 that divides 15980 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 17, 20, 34, 47, 68, 85, 94, 170, 188, 235, 340, 470, 799, 940, 1598, 3196, 3995, 7990

Step-4: Factors of 15991

List of positive integer factors of 15991 that divides 15980 without a remainder.

1

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15980 and 15991. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15980 and 15991 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 15980 and 15991