What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11242 and 11246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11242 and 11246 is 2.

GCF(11242,11246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11242 and 11246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11242 and 11246.

How to find the GCF of 11242 and 11246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11242 and 11246. After we will calculate the factors of 11242 and 11246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 11246

Prime factors of 11246 are 2, 5623. Prime factorization of 11246 in exponential form is:

11246 = 2¹ × 5623¹

Step-3: Factors of 11242

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 11246

List of positive integer factors of 11246 that divides 11242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5623

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11242 and 11246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11242 and 11246 is 2.

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