What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10462 and 10472?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10462 and 10472 is 2.

GCF(10462,10472) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10462 and 10472, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10462 and 10472.

How to find the GCF of 10462 and 10472?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10462 and 10472. After we will calculate the factors of 10462 and 10472 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10462

Prime factors of 10462 are 2, 5231. Prime factorization of 10462 in exponential form is:

10462 = 2¹ × 5231¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10472

Prime factors of 10472 are 2, 7, 11, 17. Prime factorization of 10472 in exponential form is:

10472 = 2³ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 17¹

Step-3: Factors of 10462

List of positive integer factors of 10462 that divides 10462 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5231

Step-4: Factors of 10472

List of positive integer factors of 10472 that divides 10462 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 17, 22, 28, 34, 44, 56, 68, 77, 88, 119, 136, 154, 187, 238, 308, 374, 476, 616, 748, 952, 1309, 1496, 2618, 5236

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10462 and 10472. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10462 and 10472 is 2.

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