What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11238 and 11242?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11238 and 11242 is 2.

GCF(11238,11242) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11238 and 11242, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11238 and 11242.

How to find the GCF of 11238 and 11242?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11238 and 11242. After we will calculate the factors of 11238 and 11242 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11238

Prime factors of 11238 are 2, 3, 1873. Prime factorization of 11238 in exponential form is:

11238 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 1873¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11242

Prime factors of 11242 are 2, 7, 11, 73. Prime factorization of 11242 in exponential form is:

11242 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 11238

List of positive integer factors of 11238 that divides 11238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 1873, 3746, 5619

Step-4: Factors of 11242

List of positive integer factors of 11242 that divides 11238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 11, 14, 22, 73, 77, 146, 154, 511, 803, 1022, 1606, 5621

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11238 and 11242. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11238 and 11242 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11238 and 11242