What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10596 and 10605?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10596 and 10605 is 3.

GCF(10596,10605) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10596 and 10605, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10596 and 10605.

How to find the GCF of 10596 and 10605?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10596 and 10605. After we will calculate the factors of 10596 and 10605 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 10605

Prime factors of 10605 are 3, 5, 7, 101. Prime factorization of 10605 in exponential form is:

10605 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 10596

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 10605

List of positive integer factors of 10605 that divides 10596 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 21, 35, 101, 105, 303, 505, 707, 1515, 2121, 3535

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10596 and 10605. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10596 and 10605 is 3.

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