What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10072 and 10079?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10072 and 10079 is 1.

GCF(10072,10079) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10072 and 10079, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10072 and 10079.

How to find the GCF of 10072 and 10079?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10072 and 10079. After we will calculate the factors of 10072 and 10079 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 10079

Prime factors of 10079 are 10079. Prime factorization of 10079 in exponential form is:

10079 = 10079¹

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 10079

List of positive integer factors of 10079 that divides 10072 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10072 and 10079. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10072 and 10079 is 1.

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