What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10356 and 10372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10356 and 10372 is 4.

GCF(10356,10372) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10356 and 10372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10356 and 10372.

How to find the GCF of 10356 and 10372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10356 and 10372. After we will calculate the factors of 10356 and 10372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10356

Prime factors of 10356 are 2, 3, 863. Prime factorization of 10356 in exponential form is:

10356 = 2² × 3¹ × 863¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10372

Prime factors of 10372 are 2, 2593. Prime factorization of 10372 in exponential form is:

10372 = 2² × 2593¹

Step-3: Factors of 10356

List of positive integer factors of 10356 that divides 10356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 863, 1726, 2589, 3452, 5178

Step-4: Factors of 10372

List of positive integer factors of 10372 that divides 10356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 2593, 5186

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10356 and 10372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10356 and 10372 is 4.

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