What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10072 and 10078?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10072 and 10078 is 2.

GCF(10072,10078) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10072 and 10078, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10072 and 10078.

How to find the GCF of 10072 and 10078?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10072 and 10078. After we will calculate the factors of 10072 and 10078 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10072

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

10072 = 2³ × 1259¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10078

Prime factors of 10078 are 2, 5039. Prime factorization of 10078 in exponential form is:

10078 = 2¹ × 5039¹

Step-3: Factors of 10072

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 10078

List of positive integer factors of 10078 that divides 10072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5039

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10072 and 10078. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10072 and 10078 is 2.

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