What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10062 and 10072?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10062 and 10072 is 2.

GCF(10062,10072) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10062 and 10072, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10062 and 10072.

How to find the GCF of 10062 and 10072?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10062 and 10072. After we will calculate the factors of 10062 and 10072 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10062

Prime factors of 10062 are 2, 3, 13, 43. Prime factorization of 10062 in exponential form is:

10062 = 2¹ × 3² × 13¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10072

Prime factors of 10072 are 2, 1259. Prime factorization of 10072 in exponential form is:

10072 = 2³ × 1259¹

Step-3: Factors of 10062

List of positive integer factors of 10062 that divides 10062 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 18, 26, 39, 43, 78, 86, 117, 129, 234, 258, 387, 559, 774, 1118, 1677, 3354, 5031

Step-4: Factors of 10072

List of positive integer factors of 10072 that divides 10062 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1259, 2518, 5036

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10062 and 10072. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10062 and 10072 is 2.

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