What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11226 and 11240?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11226 and 11240 is 2.

GCF(11226,11240) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11226 and 11240, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11226 and 11240.

How to find the GCF of 11226 and 11240?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11226 and 11240. After we will calculate the factors of 11226 and 11240 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11226

Prime factors of 11226 are 2, 3, 1871. Prime factorization of 11226 in exponential form is:

11226 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 1871¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11240

Prime factors of 11240 are 2, 5, 281. Prime factorization of 11240 in exponential form is:

11240 = 2³ × 5¹ × 281¹

Step-3: Factors of 11226

List of positive integer factors of 11226 that divides 11226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 1871, 3742, 5613

Step-4: Factors of 11240

List of positive integer factors of 11240 that divides 11226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 281, 562, 1124, 1405, 2248, 2810, 5620

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11226 and 11240. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11226 and 11240 is 2.

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