What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11472 and 11477?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11472 and 11477 is 1.

GCF(11472,11477) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11472 and 11477, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11472 and 11477.

How to find the GCF of 11472 and 11477?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11472 and 11477. After we will calculate the factors of 11472 and 11477 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11472

Prime factors of 11472 are 2, 3, 239. Prime factorization of 11472 in exponential form is:

11472 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11477

Prime factors of 11477 are 23, 499. Prime factorization of 11477 in exponential form is:

11477 = 23¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 11472

List of positive integer factors of 11472 that divides 11472 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 239, 478, 717, 956, 1434, 1912, 2868, 3824, 5736

Step-4: Factors of 11477

List of positive integer factors of 11477 that divides 11472 without a remainder.

1, 23, 499

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11472 and 11477. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11472 and 11477 is 1.

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