What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10000 and 10006?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10000 and 10006 is 2.

GCF(10000,10006) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10000 and 10006, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10000 and 10006.

How to find the GCF of 10000 and 10006?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10000 and 10006. After we will calculate the factors of 10000 and 10006 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10000

Prime factors of 10000 are 2, 5. Prime factorization of 10000 in exponential form is:

10000 = 2⁴ × 5⁴

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10006

Prime factors of 10006 are 2, 5003. Prime factorization of 10006 in exponential form is:

10006 = 2¹ × 5003¹

Step-3: Factors of 10000

List of positive integer factors of 10000 that divides 10000 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 25, 40, 50, 80, 100, 125, 200, 250, 400, 500, 625, 1000, 1250, 2000, 2500, 5000

Step-4: Factors of 10006

List of positive integer factors of 10006 that divides 10000 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5003

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10000 and 10006. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10000 and 10006 is 2.

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