What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11418 and 11426?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11418 and 11426 is 2.

GCF(11418,11426) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11418 and 11426, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11418 and 11426.

How to find the GCF of 11418 and 11426?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11418 and 11426. After we will calculate the factors of 11418 and 11426 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 11426

Prime factors of 11426 are 2, 29, 197. Prime factorization of 11426 in exponential form is:

11426 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 11418

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 11426

List of positive integer factors of 11426 that divides 11418 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 197, 394, 5713

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11418 and 11426. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11418 and 11426 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11418 and 11426