What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10742 and 10762?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10742 and 10762 is 2.

GCF(10742,10762) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10742 and 10762, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10742 and 10762.

How to find the GCF of 10742 and 10762?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10742 and 10762. After we will calculate the factors of 10742 and 10762 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10742

Prime factors of 10742 are 2, 41, 131. Prime factorization of 10742 in exponential form is:

10742 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10762

Prime factors of 10762 are 2, 5381. Prime factorization of 10762 in exponential form is:

10762 = 2¹ × 5381¹

Step-3: Factors of 10742

List of positive integer factors of 10742 that divides 10742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 131, 262, 5371

Step-4: Factors of 10762

List of positive integer factors of 10762 that divides 10742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5381

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10742 and 10762. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10742 and 10762 is 2.

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