What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10236 and 10254?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10236 and 10254 is 6.

GCF(10236,10254) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10236 and 10254, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10236 and 10254.

How to find the GCF of 10236 and 10254?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10236 and 10254. After we will calculate the factors of 10236 and 10254 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10236

Prime factors of 10236 are 2, 3, 853. Prime factorization of 10236 in exponential form is:

10236 = 2² × 3¹ × 853¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10254

Prime factors of 10254 are 2, 3, 1709. Prime factorization of 10254 in exponential form is:

10254 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 1709¹

Step-3: Factors of 10236

List of positive integer factors of 10236 that divides 10236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 853, 1706, 2559, 3412, 5118

Step-4: Factors of 10254

List of positive integer factors of 10254 that divides 10236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 1709, 3418, 5127

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10236 and 10254. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10236 and 10254 is 6.

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