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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11498 and 11518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11498 and 11518 is 2.

GCF(11498,11518) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11498 and 11518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11498 and 11518.

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How to find the GCF of 11498 and 11518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11498 and 11518. After we will calculate the factors of 11498 and 11518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11498

Prime factors of 11498 are 2, 5749. Prime factorization of 11498 in exponential form is:

11498 = 21 × 57491

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11518

Prime factors of 11518 are 2, 13, 443. Prime factorization of 11518 in exponential form is:

11518 = 21 × 131 × 4431

Step-3: Factors of 11498

List of positive integer factors of 11498 that divides 11498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5749

Step-4: Factors of 11518

List of positive integer factors of 11518 that divides 11498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 443, 886, 5759

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11498 and 11518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11498 and 11518 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 11498 and 11518