What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10576 and 10596?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10576 and 10596 is 4.

GCF(10576,10596) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10576 and 10596, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10576 and 10596.

How to find the GCF of 10576 and 10596?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10576 and 10596. After we will calculate the factors of 10576 and 10596 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10576

Prime factors of 10576 are 2, 661. Prime factorization of 10576 in exponential form is:

10576 = 2⁴ × 661¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10596

Prime factors of 10596 are 2, 3, 883. Prime factorization of 10596 in exponential form is:

10596 = 2² × 3¹ × 883¹

Step-3: Factors of 10576

List of positive integer factors of 10576 that divides 10576 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 661, 1322, 2644, 5288

Step-4: Factors of 10596

List of positive integer factors of 10596 that divides 10576 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 883, 1766, 2649, 3532, 5298

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10576 and 10596. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10576 and 10596 is 4.

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