What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11360 and 11372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11360 and 11372 is 4.

GCF(11360,11372) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11360 and 11372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11360 and 11372.

How to find the GCF of 11360 and 11372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11360 and 11372. After we will calculate the factors of 11360 and 11372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11360

Prime factors of 11360 are 2, 5, 71. Prime factorization of 11360 in exponential form is:

11360 = 2⁵ × 5¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11372

Prime factors of 11372 are 2, 2843. Prime factorization of 11372 in exponential form is:

11372 = 2² × 2843¹

Step-3: Factors of 11360

List of positive integer factors of 11360 that divides 11360 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 71, 80, 142, 160, 284, 355, 568, 710, 1136, 1420, 2272, 2840, 5680

Step-4: Factors of 11372

List of positive integer factors of 11372 that divides 11360 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 2843, 5686

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11360 and 11372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11360 and 11372 is 4.

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