What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11163 and 11178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11163 and 11178 is 3.

GCF(11163,11178) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11163 and 11178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11163 and 11178.

How to find the GCF of 11163 and 11178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11163 and 11178. After we will calculate the factors of 11163 and 11178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11163

Prime factors of 11163 are 3, 61. Prime factorization of 11163 in exponential form is:

11163 = 3¹ × 61²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11178

Prime factors of 11178 are 2, 3, 23. Prime factorization of 11178 in exponential form is:

11178 = 2¹ × 3⁵ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 11163

List of positive integer factors of 11163 that divides 11163 without a remainder.

1, 3, 61, 183, 3721

Step-4: Factors of 11178

List of positive integer factors of 11178 that divides 11163 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 23, 27, 46, 54, 69, 81, 138, 162, 207, 243, 414, 486, 621, 1242, 1863, 3726, 5589

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11163 and 11178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11163 and 11178 is 3.

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