What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10218 and 10228?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10218 and 10228 is 2.

GCF(10218,10228) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10218 and 10228, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10218 and 10228.

How to find the GCF of 10218 and 10228?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10218 and 10228. After we will calculate the factors of 10218 and 10228 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10218

Prime factors of 10218 are 2, 3, 13, 131. Prime factorization of 10218 in exponential form is:

10218 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10228

Prime factors of 10228 are 2, 2557. Prime factorization of 10228 in exponential form is:

10228 = 2² × 2557¹

Step-3: Factors of 10218

List of positive integer factors of 10218 that divides 10218 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 131, 262, 393, 786, 1703, 3406, 5109

Step-4: Factors of 10228

List of positive integer factors of 10228 that divides 10218 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 2557, 5114

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10218 and 10228. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10218 and 10228 is 2.

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