What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10172 and 10178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10172 and 10178 is 2.

GCF(10172,10178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10172 and 10178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10172 and 10178.

How to find the GCF of 10172 and 10178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10172 and 10178. After we will calculate the factors of 10172 and 10178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10172

Prime factors of 10172 are 2, 2543. Prime factorization of 10172 in exponential form is:

10172 = 2² × 2543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10178

Prime factors of 10178 are 2, 7, 727. Prime factorization of 10178 in exponential form is:

10178 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 727¹

Step-3: Factors of 10172

List of positive integer factors of 10172 that divides 10172 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 2543, 5086

Step-4: Factors of 10178

List of positive integer factors of 10178 that divides 10172 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 727, 1454, 5089

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10172 and 10178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10172 and 10178 is 2.

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