What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11482 and 11500?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11482 and 11500 is 2.

GCF(11482,11500) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11482 and 11500, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11482 and 11500.

How to find the GCF of 11482 and 11500?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11482 and 11500. After we will calculate the factors of 11482 and 11500 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11482

Prime factors of 11482 are 2, 5741. Prime factorization of 11482 in exponential form is:

11482 = 2¹ × 5741¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11500

Prime factors of 11500 are 2, 5, 23. Prime factorization of 11500 in exponential form is:

11500 = 2² × 5³ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 11482

List of positive integer factors of 11482 that divides 11482 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5741

Step-4: Factors of 11500

List of positive integer factors of 11500 that divides 11482 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 23, 25, 46, 50, 92, 100, 115, 125, 230, 250, 460, 500, 575, 1150, 2300, 2875, 5750

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11482 and 11500. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11482 and 11500 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11482 and 11500