What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10963 and 10978?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10963 and 10978 is 1.

GCF(10963,10978) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10963 and 10978, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10963 and 10978.

How to find the GCF of 10963 and 10978?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10963 and 10978. After we will calculate the factors of 10963 and 10978 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10963

Prime factors of 10963 are 19, 577. Prime factorization of 10963 in exponential form is:

10963 = 19¹ × 577¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10978

Prime factors of 10978 are 2, 11, 499. Prime factorization of 10978 in exponential form is:

10978 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 10963

List of positive integer factors of 10963 that divides 10963 without a remainder.

1, 19, 577

Step-4: Factors of 10978

List of positive integer factors of 10978 that divides 10963 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 499, 998, 5489

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10963 and 10978. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10963 and 10978 is 1.

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