What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10442 and 10448?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10442 and 10448 is 2.

GCF(10442,10448) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10442 and 10448, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10442 and 10448.

How to find the GCF of 10442 and 10448?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10442 and 10448. After we will calculate the factors of 10442 and 10448 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10442

Prime factors of 10442 are 2, 23, 227. Prime factorization of 10442 in exponential form is:

10442 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10448

Prime factors of 10448 are 2, 653. Prime factorization of 10448 in exponential form is:

10448 = 2⁴ × 653¹

Step-3: Factors of 10442

List of positive integer factors of 10442 that divides 10442 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 227, 454, 5221

Step-4: Factors of 10448

List of positive integer factors of 10448 that divides 10442 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 653, 1306, 2612, 5224

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10442 and 10448. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10442 and 10448 is 2.

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