What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10472 and 10479?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10472 and 10479 is 7.

GCF(10472,10479) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10472 and 10479, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10472 and 10479.

How to find the GCF of 10472 and 10479?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10472 and 10479. After we will calculate the factors of 10472 and 10479 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 10479

Prime factors of 10479 are 3, 7, 499. Prime factorization of 10479 in exponential form is:

10479 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 10472

List of positive integer factors of 10472 that divides 10472 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

Step-4: Factors of 10479

List of positive integer factors of 10479 that divides 10472 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 499, 1497, 3493

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10472 and 10479. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10472 and 10479 is 7.

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