What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11421 and 11437?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11421 and 11437 is 1.

GCF(11421,11437) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11421 and 11437, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11421 and 11437.

How to find the GCF of 11421 and 11437?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11421 and 11437. After we will calculate the factors of 11421 and 11437 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11421

Prime factors of 11421 are 3, 47. Prime factorization of 11421 in exponential form is:

11421 = 3⁵ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11437

Prime factors of 11437 are 11437. Prime factorization of 11437 in exponential form is:

11437 = 11437¹

Step-3: Factors of 11421

List of positive integer factors of 11421 that divides 11421 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 47, 81, 141, 243, 423, 1269, 3807

Step-4: Factors of 11437

List of positive integer factors of 11437 that divides 11421 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11421 and 11437. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11421 and 11437 is 1.

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