What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10240 and 10246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10240 and 10246 is 2.

GCF(10240,10246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10240 and 10246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10240 and 10246.

How to find the GCF of 10240 and 10246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10240 and 10246. After we will calculate the factors of 10240 and 10246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10240

Prime factors of 10240 are 2, 5. Prime factorization of 10240 in exponential form is:

10240 = 2¹¹ × 5¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10246

Prime factors of 10246 are 2, 47, 109. Prime factorization of 10246 in exponential form is:

10246 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 10240

List of positive integer factors of 10240 that divides 10240 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 64, 80, 128, 160, 256, 320, 512, 640, 1024, 1280, 2048, 2560, 5120

Step-4: Factors of 10246

List of positive integer factors of 10246 that divides 10240 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 109, 218, 5123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10240 and 10246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10240 and 10246 is 2.

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