What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10030 and 10042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10030 and 10042 is 2.

GCF(10030,10042) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10030 and 10042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10030 and 10042.

How to find the GCF of 10030 and 10042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10030 and 10042. After we will calculate the factors of 10030 and 10042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10030

Prime factors of 10030 are 2, 5, 17, 59. Prime factorization of 10030 in exponential form is:

10030 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10042

Prime factors of 10042 are 2, 5021. Prime factorization of 10042 in exponential form is:

10042 = 2¹ × 5021¹

Step-3: Factors of 10030

List of positive integer factors of 10030 that divides 10030 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 34, 59, 85, 118, 170, 295, 590, 1003, 2006, 5015

Step-4: Factors of 10042

List of positive integer factors of 10042 that divides 10030 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5021

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10030 and 10042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10030 and 10042 is 2.

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