What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11402 and 11408?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11402 and 11408 is 2.

GCF(11402,11408) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11402 and 11408, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11402 and 11408.

How to find the GCF of 11402 and 11408?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11402 and 11408. After we will calculate the factors of 11402 and 11408 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11402

Prime factors of 11402 are 2, 5701. Prime factorization of 11402 in exponential form is:

11402 = 2¹ × 5701¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11408

Prime factors of 11408 are 2, 23, 31. Prime factorization of 11408 in exponential form is:

11408 = 2⁴ × 23¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 11402

List of positive integer factors of 11402 that divides 11402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5701

Step-4: Factors of 11408

List of positive integer factors of 11408 that divides 11402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 23, 31, 46, 62, 92, 124, 184, 248, 368, 496, 713, 1426, 2852, 5704

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11402 and 11408. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11402 and 11408 is 2.

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