What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10642 and 10648?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10642 and 10648 is 2.

GCF(10642,10648) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10642 and 10648, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10642 and 10648.

How to find the GCF of 10642 and 10648?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10642 and 10648. After we will calculate the factors of 10642 and 10648 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10642

Prime factors of 10642 are 2, 17, 313. Prime factorization of 10642 in exponential form is:

10642 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 313¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10648

Prime factors of 10648 are 2, 11. Prime factorization of 10648 in exponential form is:

10648 = 2³ × 11³

Step-3: Factors of 10642

List of positive integer factors of 10642 that divides 10642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 313, 626, 5321

Step-4: Factors of 10648

List of positive integer factors of 10648 that divides 10642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88, 121, 242, 484, 968, 1331, 2662, 5324

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10642 and 10648. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10642 and 10648 is 2.

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