What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10946 and 10953?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10946 and 10953 is 1.

GCF(10946,10953) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10946 and 10953, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10946 and 10953.

How to find the GCF of 10946 and 10953?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10946 and 10953. After we will calculate the factors of 10946 and 10953 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10946

Prime factors of 10946 are 2, 13, 421. Prime factorization of 10946 in exponential form is:

10946 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10953

Prime factors of 10953 are 3, 1217. Prime factorization of 10953 in exponential form is:

10953 = 3² × 1217¹

Step-3: Factors of 10946

List of positive integer factors of 10946 that divides 10946 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 421, 842, 5473

Step-4: Factors of 10953

List of positive integer factors of 10953 that divides 10946 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1217, 3651

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10946 and 10953. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10946 and 10953 is 1.

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