What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10842 and 10846?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10842 and 10846 is 2.

GCF(10842,10846) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10842 and 10846, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10842 and 10846.

How to find the GCF of 10842 and 10846?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10842 and 10846. After we will calculate the factors of 10842 and 10846 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10842

Prime factors of 10842 are 2, 3, 13, 139. Prime factorization of 10842 in exponential form is:

10842 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10846

Prime factors of 10846 are 2, 11, 17, 29. Prime factorization of 10846 in exponential form is:

10846 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 10842

List of positive integer factors of 10842 that divides 10842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 139, 278, 417, 834, 1807, 3614, 5421

Step-4: Factors of 10846

List of positive integer factors of 10846 that divides 10842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 17, 22, 29, 34, 58, 187, 319, 374, 493, 638, 986, 5423

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10842 and 10846. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10842 and 10846 is 2.

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