What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10572 and 10582?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10572 and 10582 is 2.

GCF(10572,10582) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10572 and 10582, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10572 and 10582.

How to find the GCF of 10572 and 10582?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10572 and 10582. After we will calculate the factors of 10572 and 10582 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10572

Prime factors of 10572 are 2, 3, 881. Prime factorization of 10572 in exponential form is:

10572 = 2² × 3¹ × 881¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10582

Prime factors of 10582 are 2, 11, 13, 37. Prime factorization of 10582 in exponential form is:

10582 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 10572

List of positive integer factors of 10572 that divides 10572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 881, 1762, 2643, 3524, 5286

Step-4: Factors of 10582

List of positive integer factors of 10582 that divides 10572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 13, 22, 26, 37, 74, 143, 286, 407, 481, 814, 962, 5291

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10572 and 10582. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10572 and 10582 is 2.

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