What is the Greatest Common Factor of 9999 and 10012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 9999 and 10012 is 1.

GCF(9999,10012) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 9999 and 10012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 9999 and 10012.

How to find the GCF of 9999 and 10012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 9999 and 10012. After we will calculate the factors of 9999 and 10012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 9999

Prime factors of 9999 are 3, 11, 101. Prime factorization of 9999 in exponential form is:

9999 = 3² × 11¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10012

Prime factors of 10012 are 2, 2503. Prime factorization of 10012 in exponential form is:

10012 = 2² × 2503¹

Step-3: Factors of 9999

List of positive integer factors of 9999 that divides 9999 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 99, 101, 303, 909, 1111, 3333

Step-4: Factors of 10012

List of positive integer factors of 10012 that divides 9999 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 2503, 5006

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 9999 and 10012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 9999 and 10012 is 1.

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