What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10520 and 10526?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10520 and 10526 is 2.

GCF(10520,10526) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10520 and 10526, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10520 and 10526.

How to find the GCF of 10520 and 10526?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10520 and 10526. After we will calculate the factors of 10520 and 10526 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10520

Prime factors of 10520 are 2, 5, 263. Prime factorization of 10520 in exponential form is:

10520 = 2³ × 5¹ × 263¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10526

Prime factors of 10526 are 2, 19, 277. Prime factorization of 10526 in exponential form is:

10526 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 277¹

Step-3: Factors of 10520

List of positive integer factors of 10520 that divides 10520 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 263, 526, 1052, 1315, 2104, 2630, 5260

Step-4: Factors of 10526

List of positive integer factors of 10526 that divides 10520 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 277, 554, 5263

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10520 and 10526. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10520 and 10526 is 2.

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