What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11178 and 11196?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11178 and 11196 is 18.

GCF(11178,11196) = 18

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11178 and 11196, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11178 and 11196.

How to find the GCF of 11178 and 11196?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11178 and 11196. After we will calculate the factors of 11178 and 11196 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 11196

Prime factors of 11196 are 2, 3, 311. Prime factorization of 11196 in exponential form is:

11196 = 2² × 3² × 311¹

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 11196

List of positive integer factors of 11196 that divides 11178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 311, 622, 933, 1244, 1866, 2799, 3732, 5598

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11178 and 11196. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11178 and 11196 is 18.

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