What is the Greatest Common Factor of 1551 and 1568?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 1551 and 1568 is 1.

GCF(1551,1568) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 1551 and 1568, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 1551 and 1568.

How to find the GCF of 1551 and 1568?

We will first find the prime factorization of 1551 and 1568. After we will calculate the factors of 1551 and 1568 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 1551

Prime factors of 1551 are 3, 11, 47. Prime factorization of 1551 in exponential form is:

1551 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 1568

Prime factors of 1568 are 2, 7. Prime factorization of 1568 in exponential form is:

1568 = 2⁵ × 7²

Step-3: Factors of 1551

List of positive integer factors of 1551 that divides 1551 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 47, 141, 517

Step-4: Factors of 1568

List of positive integer factors of 1568 that divides 1551 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 49, 56, 98, 112, 196, 224, 392, 784

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 1551 and 1568. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 1551 and 1568 is 1.

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