What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10342 and 10362?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10342 and 10362 is 2.

GCF(10342,10362) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10342 and 10362, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10342 and 10362.

How to find the GCF of 10342 and 10362?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10342 and 10362. After we will calculate the factors of 10342 and 10362 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10342

Prime factors of 10342 are 2, 5171. Prime factorization of 10342 in exponential form is:

10342 = 2¹ × 5171¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10362

Prime factors of 10362 are 2, 3, 11, 157. Prime factorization of 10362 in exponential form is:

10362 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 10342

List of positive integer factors of 10342 that divides 10342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5171

Step-4: Factors of 10362

List of positive integer factors of 10362 that divides 10342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 157, 314, 471, 942, 1727, 3454, 5181

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10342 and 10362. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10342 and 10362 is 2.

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