What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10550 and 10558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10550 and 10558 is 2.

GCF(10550,10558) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10550 and 10558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10550 and 10558.

How to find the GCF of 10550 and 10558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10550 and 10558. After we will calculate the factors of 10550 and 10558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10550

Prime factors of 10550 are 2, 5, 211. Prime factorization of 10550 in exponential form is:

10550 = 2¹ × 5² × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10558

Prime factors of 10558 are 2, 5279. Prime factorization of 10558 in exponential form is:

10558 = 2¹ × 5279¹

Step-3: Factors of 10550

List of positive integer factors of 10550 that divides 10550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 211, 422, 1055, 2110, 5275

Step-4: Factors of 10558

List of positive integer factors of 10558 that divides 10550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10550 and 10558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10550 and 10558 is 2.

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