What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11402 and 11418?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11402 and 11418 is 2.

GCF(11402,11418) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11402 and 11418, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11402 and 11418.

How to find the GCF of 11402 and 11418?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11402 and 11418. After we will calculate the factors of 11402 and 11418 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 11418

Prime factors of 11418 are 2, 3, 11, 173. Prime factorization of 11418 in exponential form is:

11418 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 173¹

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 11418

List of positive integer factors of 11418 that divides 11402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 173, 346, 519, 1038, 1903, 3806, 5709

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11402 and 11418. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11402 and 11418 is 2.

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