What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11178 and 11182?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11178 and 11182 is 2.

GCF(11178,11182) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11178 and 11182, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11178 and 11182.

How to find the GCF of 11178 and 11182?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11178 and 11182. After we will calculate the factors of 11178 and 11182 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 11182

Prime factors of 11182 are 2, 5591. Prime factorization of 11182 in exponential form is:

11182 = 2¹ × 5591¹

Step-3: Factors of 11178

List of positive integer factors of 11178 that divides 11178 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

Step-4: Factors of 11182

List of positive integer factors of 11182 that divides 11178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5591

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11178 and 11182. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11178 and 11182 is 2.

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