What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10298 and 10316?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10298 and 10316 is 2.

GCF(10298,10316) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10298 and 10316, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10298 and 10316.

How to find the GCF of 10298 and 10316?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10298 and 10316. After we will calculate the factors of 10298 and 10316 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10298

Prime factors of 10298 are 2, 19, 271. Prime factorization of 10298 in exponential form is:

10298 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10316

Prime factors of 10316 are 2, 2579. Prime factorization of 10316 in exponential form is:

10316 = 2² × 2579¹

Step-3: Factors of 10298

List of positive integer factors of 10298 that divides 10298 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 271, 542, 5149

Step-4: Factors of 10316

List of positive integer factors of 10316 that divides 10298 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 2579, 5158

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10298 and 10316. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10298 and 10316 is 2.

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