What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10486 and 10496?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10486 and 10496 is 2.

GCF(10486,10496) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10486 and 10496, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10486 and 10496.

How to find the GCF of 10486 and 10496?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10486 and 10496. After we will calculate the factors of 10486 and 10496 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10486

Prime factors of 10486 are 2, 7, 107. Prime factorization of 10486 in exponential form is:

10486 = 2¹ × 7² × 107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10496

Prime factors of 10496 are 2, 41. Prime factorization of 10496 in exponential form is:

10496 = 2⁸ × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 10486

List of positive integer factors of 10486 that divides 10486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 107, 214, 749, 1498, 5243

Step-4: Factors of 10496

List of positive integer factors of 10496 that divides 10486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 41, 64, 82, 128, 164, 256, 328, 656, 1312, 2624, 5248

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10486 and 10496. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10486 and 10496 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 10486 and 10496