What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11470 and 11474?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11470 and 11474 is 2.

GCF(11470,11474) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11470 and 11474, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11470 and 11474.

How to find the GCF of 11470 and 11474?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11470 and 11474. After we will calculate the factors of 11470 and 11474 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11470

Prime factors of 11470 are 2, 5, 31, 37. Prime factorization of 11470 in exponential form is:

11470 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 31¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11474

Prime factors of 11474 are 2, 5737. Prime factorization of 11474 in exponential form is:

11474 = 2¹ × 5737¹

Step-3: Factors of 11470

List of positive integer factors of 11470 that divides 11470 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 31, 37, 62, 74, 155, 185, 310, 370, 1147, 2294, 5735

Step-4: Factors of 11474

List of positive integer factors of 11474 that divides 11470 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5737

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11470 and 11474. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11470 and 11474 is 2.

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