What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11172 and 11179?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11172 and 11179 is 7.

GCF(11172,11179) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11172 and 11179, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11172 and 11179.

How to find the GCF of 11172 and 11179?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11172 and 11179. After we will calculate the factors of 11172 and 11179 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11172

Prime factors of 11172 are 2, 3, 7, 19. Prime factorization of 11172 in exponential form is:

11172 = 2² × 3¹ × 7² × 19¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11179

Prime factors of 11179 are 7, 1597. Prime factorization of 11179 in exponential form is:

11179 = 7¹ × 1597¹

Step-3: Factors of 11172

List of positive integer factors of 11172 that divides 11172 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 28, 38, 42, 49, 57, 76, 84, 98, 114, 133, 147, 196, 228, 266, 294, 399, 532, 588, 798, 931, 1596, 1862, 2793, 3724, 5586

Step-4: Factors of 11179

List of positive integer factors of 11179 that divides 11172 without a remainder.

1, 7, 1597

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11172 and 11179. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11172 and 11179 is 7.

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