What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10562 and 10566?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10562 and 10566 is 2.

GCF(10562,10566) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10562 and 10566, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10562 and 10566.

How to find the GCF of 10562 and 10566?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10562 and 10566. After we will calculate the factors of 10562 and 10566 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10562

Prime factors of 10562 are 2, 5281. Prime factorization of 10562 in exponential form is:

10562 = 2¹ × 5281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10566

Prime factors of 10566 are 2, 3, 587. Prime factorization of 10566 in exponential form is:

10566 = 2¹ × 3² × 587¹

Step-3: Factors of 10562

List of positive integer factors of 10562 that divides 10562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5281

Step-4: Factors of 10566

List of positive integer factors of 10566 that divides 10562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 587, 1174, 1761, 3522, 5283

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10562 and 10566. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10562 and 10566 is 2.

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