What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10941 and 10948?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10941 and 10948 is 7.

GCF(10941,10948) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10941 and 10948, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10941 and 10948.

How to find the GCF of 10941 and 10948?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10941 and 10948. After we will calculate the factors of 10941 and 10948 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10941

Prime factors of 10941 are 3, 7, 521. Prime factorization of 10941 in exponential form is:

10941 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 521¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10948

Prime factors of 10948 are 2, 7, 17, 23. Prime factorization of 10948 in exponential form is:

10948 = 2² × 7¹ × 17¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 10941

List of positive integer factors of 10941 that divides 10941 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 521, 1563, 3647

Step-4: Factors of 10948

List of positive integer factors of 10948 that divides 10941 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 17, 23, 28, 34, 46, 68, 92, 119, 161, 238, 322, 391, 476, 644, 782, 1564, 2737, 5474

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10941 and 10948. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10941 and 10948 is 7.

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