What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11198 and 11218?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11198 and 11218 is 2.

GCF(11198,11218) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11198 and 11218, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11198 and 11218.

How to find the GCF of 11198 and 11218?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11198 and 11218. After we will calculate the factors of 11198 and 11218 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11198

Prime factors of 11198 are 2, 11, 509. Prime factorization of 11198 in exponential form is:

11198 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 509¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11218

Prime factors of 11218 are 2, 71, 79. Prime factorization of 11218 in exponential form is:

11218 = 2¹ × 71¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 11198

List of positive integer factors of 11198 that divides 11198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 509, 1018, 5599

Step-4: Factors of 11218

List of positive integer factors of 11218 that divides 11198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 71, 79, 142, 158, 5609

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11198 and 11218. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11198 and 11218 is 2.

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