What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11255 and 11260?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11255 and 11260 is 5.

GCF(11255,11260) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11255 and 11260, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11255 and 11260.

How to find the GCF of 11255 and 11260?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11255 and 11260. After we will calculate the factors of 11255 and 11260 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11255

Prime factors of 11255 are 5, 2251. Prime factorization of 11255 in exponential form is:

11255 = 5¹ × 2251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11260

Prime factors of 11260 are 2, 5, 563. Prime factorization of 11260 in exponential form is:

11260 = 2² × 5¹ × 563¹

Step-3: Factors of 11255

List of positive integer factors of 11255 that divides 11255 without a remainder.

1, 5, 2251

Step-4: Factors of 11260

List of positive integer factors of 11260 that divides 11255 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 563, 1126, 2252, 2815, 5630

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11255 and 11260. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11255 and 11260 is 5.

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