What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11426 and 11434?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11426 and 11434 is 2.

GCF(11426,11434) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11426 and 11434, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11426 and 11434.

How to find the GCF of 11426 and 11434?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11426 and 11434. After we will calculate the factors of 11426 and 11434 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 11434

Prime factors of 11434 are 2, 5717. Prime factorization of 11434 in exponential form is:

11434 = 2¹ × 5717¹

Step-3: Factors of 11426

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 11434

List of positive integer factors of 11434 that divides 11426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5717

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11426 and 11434. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11426 and 11434 is 2.

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