What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10878 and 10888?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10878 and 10888 is 2.

GCF(10878,10888) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10878 and 10888, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10878 and 10888.

How to find the GCF of 10878 and 10888?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10878 and 10888. After we will calculate the factors of 10878 and 10888 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10878

Prime factors of 10878 are 2, 3, 7, 37. Prime factorization of 10878 in exponential form is:

10878 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7² × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10888

Prime factors of 10888 are 2, 1361. Prime factorization of 10888 in exponential form is:

10888 = 2³ × 1361¹

Step-3: Factors of 10878

List of positive integer factors of 10878 that divides 10878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 37, 42, 49, 74, 98, 111, 147, 222, 259, 294, 518, 777, 1554, 1813, 3626, 5439

Step-4: Factors of 10888

List of positive integer factors of 10888 that divides 10878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1361, 2722, 5444

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10878 and 10888. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10878 and 10888 is 2.

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