What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10040 and 10056?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10040 and 10056 is 8.

GCF(10040,10056) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10040 and 10056, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10040 and 10056.

How to find the GCF of 10040 and 10056?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10040 and 10056. After we will calculate the factors of 10040 and 10056 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10040

Prime factors of 10040 are 2, 5, 251. Prime factorization of 10040 in exponential form is:

10040 = 2³ × 5¹ × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10056

Prime factors of 10056 are 2, 3, 419. Prime factorization of 10056 in exponential form is:

10056 = 2³ × 3¹ × 419¹

Step-3: Factors of 10040

List of positive integer factors of 10040 that divides 10040 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 251, 502, 1004, 1255, 2008, 2510, 5020

Step-4: Factors of 10056

List of positive integer factors of 10056 that divides 10040 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 419, 838, 1257, 1676, 2514, 3352, 5028

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10040 and 10056. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10040 and 10056 is 8.

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