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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15633 and 15642?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15633 and 15642 is 9.

GCF(15633,15642) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15633 and 15642, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15633 and 15642.

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How to find the GCF of 15633 and 15642?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15633 and 15642. After we will calculate the factors of 15633 and 15642 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15633

Prime factors of 15633 are 3, 193. Prime factorization of 15633 in exponential form is:

15633 = 34 × 1931

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15642

Prime factors of 15642 are 2, 3, 11, 79. Prime factorization of 15642 in exponential form is:

15642 = 21 × 32 × 111 × 791

Step-3: Factors of 15633

List of positive integer factors of 15633 that divides 15633 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 193, 579, 1737, 5211

Step-4: Factors of 15642

List of positive integer factors of 15642 that divides 15633 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 22, 33, 66, 79, 99, 158, 198, 237, 474, 711, 869, 1422, 1738, 2607, 5214, 7821

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15633 and 15642. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15633 and 15642 is 9.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 15633 and 15642